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Summary: Never put it down
Review: I read this book a while ago, but I was still so impressed by it that as I'm showing a friend of mine the web page here I couldn't help but add a review. My aunt bought me this book for Christmas, and I put it down only once over the course of two days. Masters of Deception brought to me, a teenager in the computer age, a wonderfully vivid description of what it was like to be a pioneer in the world of the Internet. With 100,000,000 people on the net or however many there are now, companies have become so security aware that adventures like the ones in the book require an amazing amount of expertise. Not to mention how much damage we can do now that the computing sector makes so much money. But the point is that through this book we're able to relive the experience, with all of the wonder and naive excitement that comes with exploring new territory, and we don't have to damage anything. The book was technically vivid, emotionally engaging, and just plain fascinating.
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Summary: In Cyberspace no one can hear you scream
Review: The Masters of Deception is a novel that makes you realize how kids can get together and become unified for something 'unethical.' Each person in their group had their own 'illegal' specialties and they used them all to their full potential. They had a hacking army with an unlimited supply of artillery ready for war. The death of computer systems were the casualties that the world saw. Phiber Optik who was the leader put together a dynamic team from all over New York. When they reached their zenith, no one could touch them. The book was really infomative on the information collected about the group and they gave a lot of good and valuable information to me. This book was well written and the way that the material was put into the story displayed an inner feeling on the subject. MOD will give you the opportunity to see a very capable group of hackers do what they do best for a living.
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Summary: An Eye Opener!
Review: I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this book. The authors did a great job in explaining all the technical aspects in an understandable manner. This was a great introduction to a culture not many of us are exposed to!
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Summary: Don't listen to the guys who think this is Juvenile or Borin
Review: This book is far from boring. It is technical without being technical, if you catch my drift. If you find it boring, it is because you probably don't know what a computer is. If you find it Juvenile it's because you forgot what it's like to be a teenager. Revenge is the sweetest joy, and that's what this book is basically about. Very interesting and if you don't get it, well then, you never will. FREE KEVIN
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Summary: OK.....
Review: i tried 2 read this book for a school assignment and it was so hard to understand! There's so many things you have to remember and each person was going by different names i got confused! I think only those who have time to go back and read the pages before and really wanna get through the book should be able to read this book. Sorry to all those who enjoyed it, maybe i'm not too old enough to understand this book.
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Summary: One of the best...
Review: Great book on an interesting hacker case. Particularly interesting details about Barlow and the EFF. Did a good job of explaining technical nuances for the uninitiated. All in all, a fun and relevant book to read. FREE KEVIN!
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Summary: Not bad, but terribly juvenile
Review: Not a bad book on the whole. The story is interesting enough, but the author seems to take juvenile spats and revenge way too seriously. A litany of 14 year teenagers conversations (Woah, no way, serious?, cool, etc, etc) is really not that exciting. A real light read.
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Summary: Suspenseful and well-written!
Review: For those of you who logged into BBS networks back in the day, this book is for you. This was when hacking was noble, and you could actually learn UNIX via phone company switching computers. Now you can buy a copy of Linux at CompUSA and even view the source code!! Today malicious hacking is pretty stupid..
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Summary: Fantastic
Review: This book is truly fantastic. If you where one of these people that used to sit hours and hours behind a commodore 64 surfing BBS's and hacking away, this is the book for you!
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Summary: KEWL !
Review: As a dutch 'old school' computer freak all parts of this book brought up 'the good old memories'! The cyberworld and people's mentality has changed these days - and therefore it was so great that this book brought my mind back into the time that even with a minimum of computer hardware (C64) so much fun and adventure could be achieved. Wish I could turn back time! - The book is excellent!
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