samurai
A hacker who hires out f OR legal cracking jobs, snooping f OR factions in c ORp ORate political fights, lawyers pursuing privacy-rights and First Amendment cases, and other parties with legitimate reasons to need an electronic locksmith. In 1991, mainstream media rep ORted the existence of a loose-knit culture of samurai that meets electronically on BBS systems, mostly bright teenagers with personal micros they have modelled themselves explicitly on the hist ORical 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 hist ORical samurai doctrine, in supp ORt 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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