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[ Hacker Ethics ] [ By drazQ ]
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Hacker Ethics
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by drazQ (drazq@hotmail.com)
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"Hacker Ethics" - we've all heard that cliche' before, and usually it
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refers to the old hacker standards that say "thou shall not erase a
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system" and so on. However, as Bob Dylan once sang, "Times they are
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changing," and they still are. Especially now in the final spurt before
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the new millennium - and especially when it comes to computer related
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issues.
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We begin to realize that computers influence the people who use them,
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yes - even the people who doesn't use them. Computers influence the
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lives of people - people like you and me. This goes both ways; computers
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again are (of course) influenced by the people who control them. This
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way, we influence each others lives through computers. Realizing this
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gives the "set phrase" <hacker ethics> a whole new meaning.
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Visualize yourself walking down the street on a sunny day. A lot of
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people are walking in the opposite direction of you this fine day, but
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there is one person that you particularly notice. It's a young man,
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probably in his mid 20's. He looks like a nice guy - if he was your
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neighbor he'd probably be one of your friends. He is wearing a suit, so
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he has probably got a good job. Maybe he is walking home to his wife and
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kids right now. That is what you thought as he came closer. The second
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he was close enough you punch his nose in! He falls backwards on the
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asphalt, reaching for his bleeding nose. It probably hurts a lot. You
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see a weird mixture of surprised confusion and fear in his eyes. Then
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you run.
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The man whose nose you broke is called Tommy. He had a couple of weeks
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with pain after your meaningless and violent assault, and months - yes
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maybe even years later - he will ask himself: "Why?" "Why did he do
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it?". The answer is that you had no reason, you're simply one of those
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people who like to punch people in their noses. Maybe to see their
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reaction, or just because it feels good. It's just something you do.
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Now visualize yourself sitting in front of your computer late a Saturday
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night. You're hacking some company on the Internet - no special reason
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- their box just had bugs so you exploited them. Or maybe you even have
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a reason, a reason that justifies what you're doing. Anyway, you feel
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pretty comfortable with it. The next morning the company's security
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expert has to write a report to his boss about the hack. This is the
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third time he's writing a report like this, so he has a very bad feeling
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about it. After receiving the report, his boss decides to fire the
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security expert - he's not doing his job well enough. The former
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security expert is Tommy. What do you think Tommy thinks is worst?
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Getting his nose punched in, or losing his job? Probably the last.
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You would never punch someones nose in for no reason, cause that would
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be wrong. You've been raised that way. The crime of hacking however, you
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commit all the time. Fully aware of that the consequences of your
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hacking could be much worse than the consequences of a physical assault
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on someone. The consequences for your victims that is. The consequences
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for you however, is a completely different chapter. It's a much bigger
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chance of getting caught for breaking someones nose in broad daylight,
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than it is of getting caught for hacking. Maybe that is why you do it?
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uXu #449 Underground eXperts United 1998 uXu #449
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