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The ethics of the hacker taggers : the new generation of hackers

Warren, Matthew 2008, The ethics of the hacker taggers : the new generation of hackers, in ETHICOMP 2008 : Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on the Social and Ethical Impacts of Information and Communication Technology, University of Pavia, Mantova, Italy.

Document type: Conference Paper
Collection: School of Information Systems

Title The ethics of the hacker taggers : the new generation of hackers
Author(s) Warren, Matthew
Conference name International Conference on the Social and Ethical Impacts of Information and Communication Technology (10th : 2008 : Mantua, Italy)
Conference location Mantua, Italy
Conference dates 24-26 Sep. 2008
Title of proceedings ETHICOMP 2008 : Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on the Social and Ethical Impacts of Information and Communication Technology
Publication date 2008
Publisher University of Pavia
Place of publication Mantova, Italy
Summary In the contemporary world, the latter interpretation is by far the more common (although persons belonging to the former category of hacker would seek to more accurately define the latter group, particularly those with a malicious intent, as ‘crackers’). Hackers are by no means a new threat and have routinely featured in news stories during the last two decades. Indeed, they have become the traditional ‘target’ of the media, with the standard approach being to present the image of either a ‘teenage whiz kid’ or an insidious threat. In reality, it can be argued that there are different degrees of the problem.
Donn Parker (Parker, 1976) highlighted that the individuals involved in computer crime in the 1960’s and 1970’s were employed as key punch operators or clerks in EDP organisations and the crimes were crimes of opportunity. In the 1980’s with the development of cheaper home microcomputers and modems, a new generation of younger computer users emerged. One of the features of this younger group was a keen interest in the technologies that lead to the development of hackers.
ISBN 9788890286995
Language eng
Field of Research 080609 Information Systems Management
Socio Economic Objective 899999 Information and Communication Services not elsewhere classified
HERDC Research category E2 Full written paper - non-refereed / Abstract reviewed
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Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30019246
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