Computer Crimes

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that take the form of
trespassing, invasion of privacy, or vandalism. Quite often they are mearly out
for a fun and games evening, and they get entangled in the illegal use of their
machines without realizing the full import of what they are doing", I have a
hard time believing that so lets see what a "hacker" has to say about what he
does "Just as they were enthraled with their pursuit of information, so are we.
The thrill of the hack is not in breaking the law, it's in the pursuit and
capture of knowledge.", as you can see the "hacker" doesn't go out to do destroy
things although some do. It's in the pursuit of knowledge. Of course this is
still against the law. But where did all of this start, MIT is where hacking
started the people there would learn and explore computer systems all around the
world. In the views of professional hacking is like drugs or any other addictive
substance, it's an addiction for the mind and once started it's difficult to
stop. This could be true, as ...

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involves usage of highly illegal boxes and
machines in order to defeat the security that is set up to avoid this sort of
happening. [fr'eaking] v. 2. A person who uses the above methods of destruction
and chaos in order to make a better life for all. A true phreaker will not go
against his fellows or narc on people who have ragged on him or do anything
termed to be dishonourable to phreaks. [fr'eek] n. 3. A certain code or dialup
useful in the action of being a phreak. (Example: "I hacked a new metro phreak
last night.")" The latter 2 ideas of what a phreak is, is rather weird. A
Phreak like the hacker likes to explore and experiment, however his choice of
exploring is not other ...

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