Originally appeared in Internet Underground. This is one of the best pieces on hacking I have ever read. If you like it half as much as I did it’s definitely worth a read. Thanks to Richard for permission to put this on the site. - Harl
Don’t call them hackers, call them homo sapiens hackii — human beings who are „back-engineered” by their symbiotic relationship with computer networks to frame reality in ways shaped by that interaction. They’re not a new species, but they are a new variety, and just like the Invasion of the Bodysnatchers, they’re everywhere. But how can you tell the real thing?
Looks, jargon, and hard-guy handles are too easy to imitate. Besides, real hackers blend in well with their surroundings — that’s the point of social engineering, after all — and hide in large corporations, high-tech start-ups and IT departments, and intelligence, security, and law enforcement. ’Zen and the Art of Hacking’ tovább…
