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Harry and Georgie.

The author offers opinions on computer hacking. He describes his relationship with a neighbor who is a computer security professional. The neighbor calls himself "a hacker with a mortgage." The author attends a conference of computer hackers and notes the many ethical and economic quandaries posed b...

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Publicado en:Computer (00189162) Vol. 41; no. 7; pp. 5 - 9
Autor principal: Grier, David Alan
Formato: Editorial
Publicado: IEEE Jul2008
Materias:
Computer security research
Computer hackers
Data protection
Computer crimes
Computer training
Computer programmers
Computer science research
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Sumario:The author offers opinions on computer hacking. He describes his relationship with a neighbor who is a computer security professional. The neighbor calls himself "a hacker with a mortgage." The author attends a conference of computer hackers and notes the many ethical and economic quandaries posed by their work. Computer science is seen as a unique field in that research with many valuable applications can be conducted by people who are actually committing crimes.