samurai
A hacker who hires out for legal cracking jobs, snooping for factions in corporate pol ITical fights, lawyers pursuing privacy-rights and First Amendment cases, and other parties w ITh leg ITimate reasons to need an electronic locksm ITh. In 1991, mainstream media reported the existence of a loose-kn IT culture of samurai that meets electronically on BBS systems, mostly bright teenagers w ITh personal micros they have modelled themselves explic ITly on the historical samurai of Japan and on the "net cowboys" of William Gibson' s cyberpunk novels. Those interviewed claim to adhere to a rigid ethic of loyalty to their employers and to disdain the vandalism and theft practiced by criminal crackers as beneath them and contrary to the hacker ethic some quote Miyamoto Musashi' s "Book of Five Rings", a classic of historical samurai doctrine, in support of these principles. See also Stupids, social engineering, cracker, {hacker ethic}, and {dark-side hacker}. [ Jargon File] In addITion suITable contents: [ = ] [ ad ] [ ag ] [ ai ] [ al ] [ alt ] [ am ] [ an ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ arg ] [ as ] [ ash ] [ at ] [ av ] [ aw ] [ B ] [ b ] [ BBS ] [ be ] [ bo ] [ br ] [ BS ] [ bs ] [ by ] [ ca ] [ case ] [ ch ] [ ci ] [ ck ] [ cl ] [ class ] [ classic ] [ co ] [ con ] [ cowboy ] [ cr ] [ cracker ] [ cracking ] [ cu ] [ cy ] [ cyber ] [ cyberpunk ] [ dark-side hacker ] [ de ] [ dm ] [ do ] [ doc ] [ du ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ ee ] [ eg ] [ electron ] [ engine ] [ er ] [ es ] [ et ] [ fact ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ fo ] [ for ] [ G ] [ ga ] [ ge ] [ gh ] [ gi ] [ gid ] [ gs ] [ h ] [ hack ] [ hacker ] [ hacker ethic ] [ hat ] [ hose ] [ hr ] [ ht ] [ id ] [ ie ] [ il ] [ in ] [ inc ] [ int ] [ io ] [ ir ] [ is ] [ IT ] [ J ] [ Jargon File ] [ jo ] [ job ] [ ke ] [ ki ] [ kn ] [ la ] [ law ] [ legal ] [ Lex ] [ li ] [ ls ] [ lt ] [ lv ] [ ly ] [ M ] [ ma ] [ micro ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ mode ] [ model ] [ module ] [ mp ] [ ms ] [ Mu ] [ mu ] [ na ] [ nc ] [ ne ] [ net ] [ ng ] [ ni ] [ no ] [ ns ] [ om ] [ op ] [ pa ] [ pe ] [ ph ] [ ping ] [ pl ] [ port ] [ pr ] [ privacy ] [ query ] [ rc ] [ re ] [ ro ] [ S ] [ sa ] [ sam ] [ sd ] [ se ] [ sh ] [ si ] [ sm ] [ sn ] [ so ] [ social engineering ] [ st ] [ stream ] [ Stupids ] [ su ] [ support ] [ sy ] [ system ] [ T ] [ tee ] [ th ] [ to ] [ tr ] [ tron ] [ up ] [ us ] [ va ] [ ve ] [ vi ] [ wb ] [ William Gibson ] [ ye ]
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