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Summary: About a man who has been imprisiond for couriousity!!
Review: Kevin Mitnick a man with great experise and knowlage about computers talks to John littman while runing from the US government. It tells the true store of Mitnick ,unlike some stories make him out to be a "darkside hacker" which is a hacker who hacked something like a hospital and changes recordes,Mitnick is not a darkside hacker he hackes for the challange of getting into systems which he did that is why he is an expert at computer security.It shows that he is a nice guy to because the whole book is based on conversations between Mitnick and Littman.
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Summary: Excellent account of Mitnick story (Hackers point of view)
Review: This book was quite good. Littman takes the same view point as many hackers would. If you've read TakeDown, this book views many faults in the Mitnick investigation that aren't talked about in that book. All in all, an excellent book that kicks TakeDown in the @$% !!!
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Summary: an excellent counterpoint to "takedown"
Review: If you've followed the Kevin Mitnick story since January '95, you probably think you're pretty well informed on the subject. If you've gone as far as to read "Takedown" by Tsutomu Shimomura and John Markoff, you probably think you know the whole story. I know i did. But then I read this book. Littman, with a truly unique insider's view of Kevin Mitnick's life on the run, presents the story from the other side of the fence. As with many things in life the story turns out to be a lot more complex and interesting than previously thought. Overall, the book is excellent and well written, and Littman raises some very insightful questions about the justice system and typical media coverage of network security issues. I found the last third of the book, the part which chronicles the period after Mitnick's capture, to be somewhat drawn out. I thought that section was a little repetitive, and could have been a lot shorter. Still, the book is an an excellent read, and anyone whose opinions about the Kevin Mitnick case are based on the media coverage and on "Takedown" owe it to themselves to read "The Fugitive Game".
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Summary: Excellent--cuts through the hype
Review: Not only is the book riveting storytelling, it also gives one food for thought about some extremely important issues in todays society, namely privacy, Constitutional rights, and the future of the information society. Read it!
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Summary: Finally an unbiased view of the hacking world
Review: It's about time someone came out with an extremely well written book about the hackers mentality and underground life. Jon Littman did a wonderful job portraying Kevin's real goal, his strive to learn more information. Jon seems to capture this aspect, while making his deduction, through many hours of talk with Mitnick, very clear that 90% of all computer crime is not of malitious intent. I was very captivated by his true, down to earth tale of the government run amuk. Definately a must buy for anyone interested in an encapsulating read.
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Summary: A great read
Review: I can't recommend Jon Littman's books enough. They are fascinating reads. I could hardly put it down. This book is FAR superior to TakeDown and I believe FAR more accurate. Jon's writing reads very true, he tells you when he thinks someone may be holding back or lying. He seems to dig deep to try to get to the whole truth.
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Summary: A Balanced Treatment of a Rather Sad Story
Review: Littman has presented a very balanced treatment of the Kevin Mitnick story. He puts the story into context by comparing Mitnick with several (much worse) contemporaries and by showing the relative disinterest the FBI and local law enforcement agencies had in this case ... until Shimomura and Markov decided to improve their own careers. I've never bought the Shimomura line about defending his "honor." Shimomura & Markov make their subject undigestible by turning him into a cartoon caricature. Littman presents Mitnick as a human being...flawed in a tragic way...but a human being. The previous tracking down of Mitnick by Todd Young in Seattle is an enlightening episode that (interestingly) doesn't make it into the Markov/Shimomura book. Littman gets my "two thumbs up" review for this book and I recommend it strongly to you
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Summary: The Fugitive Game was a great look into the mind of a hacker
Review: The Fugitive Game : Online With Kevin Mitnick really gives the reader what it would be like to be a fugitive. The book really brings up the subject of the governments' wrong doings in the Mitnick case. The book was very exciting at the time of the great cyber chase. It makes the reader really think about the government, and hackers in general.
In conclusion, if you like stories about government wrong doings, and computer hackers, this is the book for you.
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Summary: Very Interesting Read
Review: This book is well written and put together. Not only does it take you into the world of Kevin Mitnick but it also probes the reader to ask some fundamental questions about our own personal freedom and liberty. Get this book and read it to find out for yourself how the government operates in its quest to capture a fugitive
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Summary: Excellent
Review: Casts a different light on Kevin's story which
made me reconsider many of the things I read
in the Markoff book.
Recommended for anyone who wants to hear both
sides of the story.
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