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Visceral Hacking or Packet Wanking? The Ethics of Digital Code.

Although hacking is painted as destructive and anti‐social in the eyes of the mainstream media, many hackers seek to reclaim it and its meaning as a harmless if not socially beneficial activity. One strategy is to construct a boundary between legitimate hacking and the activities of the much maligne...

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Published in:Culture, Theory & Critique Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 213 - 236
Main Author: Best, Kirsty
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Oct2006
Subjects:
Computer hacking
Work ethic
Freedom of information
Websites
Information storage & retrieval systems
Technology
Computer programming
Ethics
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