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Summary: THE hacking book for newbies.
Review: No, you wont be a master-hacker by reading this book. You will however get a solid understanding of the popular techniques used and the more popular underground software. This is WAY better than Carolyn P. Meinel's Happy Hacker. I would also suggest Network Admins take a look at this & familiarize themselves w/ the more popular techniques of today's script kiddies. This book is about concepts more than technique specifics. Very concise and easy to understand for the non-733+ and the freebie software has some very cool toys.
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Summary: Helpful for regular people
Review: Not a subject you hear much about.
Clever, from the cover to the end.The interview is online at
http://www.7to7.net/wng.html There's a transcript for those using dial up. --J. R.
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Summary: An absolute "must-read" for anyone with a desktop computer
Review: Steal This Computer Book 3: What They Won't Tell You About The Internet by computer journalist and stand-up comic Wallace Wang is a "reader friendly" instructional guide for computer users of all ages, experience levels, and backgrounds with respect to the hazards of the internet and how to protect themselves. From recognizing bad news; to protecting oneself from viruses and trojan horses; to waging war on spam, blocking pop-ups, and guarding against online stalkers, Steal This Computer Book 3 is an absolute "must-read" for anyone with a desktop computer and in need of conducting digital self-defense.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: This book is amazing. It teaches you everything you need to know about all the dark secrets surrounding the hacker world and how to protect yourself. All the way from finding out how Remote Access Trojans are created to phone phreaking. The book starts off very slow with text about white supremacy and why/how racists post their views and opinions on the internet. That was really the only boring part of the book and it seemed kind of off-topic at times. Everything else included in this book is amazing. The examples and website referring is a big help. For example: the book teaches you about a subject...such as how hackers create their programs (using such languages as C++ and Delphi), then it gives you many examples of their programs and what their programs do, then gives you multiple websites to go to if you're interested in viewing the source code of these programs or the programs themselves. The author has great writing skills and makes the book humerous at times by showing the true facts about the internet and certain companies...oh, and cracking a joke here and there about the neo-nazis and their little websites. If you're a person who is trying to protect oneself from hackers, crackers, etc or if you're a white hat hacker who is trying to work on your skill, then this is the book for you. Remember, this book doesn't teach you how to hack maliciously, but teaches you how the hackers work their magic. Other topics this book covers is: 1) How to find a relative or close friend using the internet.
2) How to set up a firewall and why their usage is important.
3) How to protect yourself from idnetity theft, spammers, hackers, and much more.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: This book is amazing. It teaches you everything you need to know about all the dark secrets surrounding the hacker world and how to protect yourself. All the way from finding out how Remote Access Trojans are created to phone phreaking. The book starts off very slow with text about white supremacy and why/how racists post their views and opinions on the internet. That was really the only boring part of the book and it seemed kind of off-topic at times. Everything else included in this book is amazing. The examples and website referring is a big help. For example: the book teaches you about a subject...such as how hackers create their programs (using such languages as C++ and Delphi), then it gives you many examples of their programs and what their programs do, then gives you multiple websites to go to if you're interested in viewing the source code of these programs or the programs themselves. The author has great writing skills and makes the book humerous at times by showing the true facts about the internet and certain companies...oh, and cracking a joke here and there about the neo-nazis and their little websites. If you're a person who is trying to protect oneself from hackers, crackers, etc or if you're a white hat hacker who is trying to work on your skill, then this is the book for you. Remember, this book doesn't teach you how to hack maliciously, but teaches you how the hackers work their magic. Other topics this book covers is: 1) How to find a relative or close friend using the internet.
2) How to set up a firewall and why their usage is important.
3) How to protect yourself from idnetity theft, spammers, hackers, and much more.
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Summary: Mildly entertaining and moderately informative.
Review: Upon finishing a book, I always take a moment to reflect on what I've learned from the reading of it. Experts/hackers, don't waste your money. This book is a good primer for the computer-illiterate parent who wants to protect their children, or the new computer owner who wants to keep their machine relatively "safe" from viruses and script kiddies. Professionals will learn nothing new, nor will veteran hackers or even long time computer users. Also, I don't recommend this book to anyone living in a dictatorship or third world country (for reasons of personal safety).
Wallace Wang's sense of humor and amusing paranoia kept me from falling asleep on the pages. After all, if the FBI, CIA or NSA is -seriously- after you, I think you have bigger problems than securing your email.
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