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Re: Call For Participants For A Research Study Of Hacker Culture
From: Simon Richter <Simon.Richter () hogyros de>
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 18:39:29 +0100
Hello, Thomas Holt wrote:
The purpose of this research is to understand the ways that people become interested in computers and hacking, their motives for hacking, and how they apply their skills in different settings. This study will also consider individuals’ conceptions of hacking and experiences in hacker culture.
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I am not a law enforcement agent nor connected with any law enforcement agency and am not looking to hear crazy stories about how you hacked NASA. If you have, great, but I realize there is more to hacking than simple media conceptions of the hacker as a criminal. Instead, I am interested in understanding hacking from the hackers’ point of view.
It is not clear how you understand the term "hacker". In your opening paragraph, it basically describes someone who is interested in "how things work" (which is close to the definition given in The New Hacker's Dictionary), in the closing it appears to describe people engaged in illegal activity (whom TNHD calls "crackers"). So the question is, are you researching the motivation for gaining knowledge about technology, or are you researching the motivation for illegal activity in a technology setting (which is not really related to knowledge gathering, as can be seen by the vast numbers of "script kiddies" out there)? If this is about the former, I might have a few pointers for you. Simon _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
Current thread:
- Call For Participants For A Research Study Of Hacker Culture Thomas Holt (Dec 08)
- Re: Call For Participants For A Research Study Of Hacker Culture Simon Richter (Dec 08)
- Re: Call For Participants For A Research Study Of Hacker Culture chinese soup (Dec 08)
- Re: Call For Participants For A Research Study Of Hacker Culture Michael Holstein (Dec 08)
- Re: Call For Participants For A Research Study Of Hacker Culture Alessio L.R. Pennasilico (Dec 09)
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- Re: Call For Participants For A Research Study Of Hacker Culture Thomas Holt (Dec 08)
- Re: Call For Participants For A Research Study Of Hacker Culture Evan Stawnyczy (Dec 08)
- Re: Call For Participants For A Research Study Of Hacker Culture Andrew Farmer (Dec 08)
- Re: Call For Participants For A Research Study Of Hacker Culture Matthew Flaschen (Dec 09)
- Re: Call For Participants For A Research Study Of Hacker Culture Andrew Farmer (Dec 08)
- Re: Call For Participants For A Research Study Of Hacker Culture Evan Stawnyczy (Dec 12)