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Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker
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Kelly
Sep 15, 2011 rated it it was amazing
I enjoyed the random stories in this book quite a bit. It may have something to do with my career as a software engineer, but nonetheless I think most people would be amused by many of the stories.

I don't think the point of the book is for him to convince people that he did no wrong. He obviously knows that what he's doing is wrong but that he has an addiction that he's having trouble breaking. I think it's more for him to convince people that he was treated unfairly under the law. Similar to ho
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Am honest, if at times self-serving account of Mitnick's hacking career. Interesting for those into the true crime stories, or for techies. ...more
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