[24609] in Cypherpunks
HACK ATTACK
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sandy Sandfort)
Thu Dec 29 12:47:32 1994
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 1994 09:36:45 -0800 (PST)
From: Sandy Sandfort <sandfort@crl.com>
To: Cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com>
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SANDY SANDFORT
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C'punks,
Was I the only one who saw ``Hack Attack'' on the Discovery
Channel? The promos were typically sensationalistic. `In cyber-
space, there is no privacy.' `Teenage hackers can read, change
or destroy your computer files.' `No one is safe.' Yada, yada,
yada.
Phyber Optik was interviewed in prison. A number of events were
illustrated using `dramatic re-enactments.' Cop types told scary
stories that, more often than not, ended with a statement like,
``The meltdown was caused by a programming error, but it could
just have easily been done by a malicious teenage boy in his
bedroom.''
They did do a fair job of defining and distinguishing the terms:
`hacker,' `phreaker' and `cracker.' However, I don't recall ANY
mention of encryption as a means of protecting privacy.
Anyone else see it?
S a n d y
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