samurai
A hacker who hires out for legal cracking jobs, snooping for factions in corporate political fights, lawye RS pu RSuing privacy-rights and Fi RSt Amendment cases, and other parties with legitimate reasons to need an electronic locksmith. In 1991, mainstream media reported the existence of a loose-knit culture of samurai that meets electronically on BBS systems, mostly bright teenage RS with pe RSonal micros they have modelled themselves explicitly 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 employe RS and to disdain the vandalism and theft practiced by criminal cracke RS 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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