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Hacker Manifesto: The Conscience of a Hacker

Hacker Manifesto: The Conscience of a Hacker definition - hacker
Written by Mentor (a.k.a. Blankenship) in 1986 and widely distributed in the Computer Underground (CU). It emphasizes the point that hackers turn to their computers as a form of mental stimulation and emotional solace after reportedly being misunderstood by their parents, their teachers, and their mainstream peers.

See Also: Computer Underground (CU); Ethical Hackers; Hackers; HackersÂ’ Psychological Profile.

The Mentor. The Hacker Manifesto. [Online, January 8, 1986.] University of Dayton School of Law (Susan Brenner) Website. http://cybercrimes.net/Property/Hacking/ Hacker%20Manifesto/HackerManifesto.html.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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