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The Conscience of a Hacker
The Hacker Manifesto dates back to 1986 and was penned by Loyd Blankenship AKA The Mentor shortly after his arrest by the FBI for computer related crimes.
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5 pages, ebook
First published January 8, 1986
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January 16, 2016
"Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity. My crime is that of judging people by what they say and think, not what they look like. My crime is that of outsmarting you, something that you will never forgive me for."
Written by a hacker, applicable to all those who are deemed inconvenient by system and mainstream society. Because the weirder and more nonconformist you are the more endangered people feel by your personality. And then add an actual thinking brain...
Written by a hacker, applicable to all those who are deemed inconvenient by system and mainstream society. Because the weirder and more nonconformist you are the more endangered people feel by your personality. And then add an actual thinking brain...
June 1, 2018
One of the most important essays written in IT world. Describing the motivation of all "good" hackers a.k.a. white hats. Together with "Guerilla Open Acces Manifesto", those are my favorite essays in IT.
"We explore... and you call us criminals. We seek
after knowledge... and you call us criminals. We exist without skin color,
without nationality, without religious bias... and you call us criminals.
You build atomic bombs, you wage wars, you murder, cheat, and lie to us
and try to make us believe it's for our own good, yet we're the criminals."
"We explore... and you call us criminals. We seek
after knowledge... and you call us criminals. We exist without skin color,
without nationality, without religious bias... and you call us criminals.
You build atomic bombs, you wage wars, you murder, cheat, and lie to us
and try to make us believe it's for our own good, yet we're the criminals."
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