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Summary: not bad for non-computer types
Review: this book is an easy read about a mentally challenged kid who, thru sheer will power, hacks different internet sites. if you're looking for a lot of technical information this isn't the book. if you're looking for an easy weekend read, this is it.
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Summary: Worst piece of crap ever written about hacking
Review: This book is the worst piece of crap I have ever read. Same old sob story about the feds, etc. not taking computer crime seriously and being slow to get moving...blah, blah, blah....They figure out who the hacker is halfway through the book...so...no tension, no suspense, nothing....
Save your money...come over to my house and steal my copy. I wont miss it one bit.The only shame is that I have to give it 1 star rather than NOTHING.....SAVE YOUR MONEY!!!!!
Rating:
Summary: Worst piece of crap ever written about hacking
Review: This book is the worst piece of crap I have ever read. Same old sob story about the feds, etc. not taking computer crime seriously and being slow to get moving...blah, blah, blah....They figure out who the hacker is halfway through the book...so...no tension, no suspense, nothing....
Save your money...come over to my house and steal my copy. I wont miss it one bit. The only shame is that I have to give it 1 star rather than NOTHING.....SAVE YOUR MONEY!!!!!
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Summary: Author's should have double checked a few things...but okay
Review: This book was okay--but you have to wonder about the correctness of the facts when they make such glaring mistakes as referring to DOS as standing for Digital Operating System (it actually stands for Disk Operating System--see the Microsoft Museum Timeline, or any Cyber-dictionary for verification) (Note to David Cohen, another reviewer--it does NOT stand for Display Only System either!) Editors and the authors themselves could have confirmed this easily enough--makes you wonder what other "facts" didn't they check?
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Summary: Lots of gravy, not enough meat
Review: This book was overly dramatic and didn't have a point. As an exercise in investigative journalism, it might have passed the course. The research was probably pretty good, although not perfect, and the explanation of events was exciting, if overblown. As a book, however, it lacks a point. So this kid broke into computers...what should we as computer professionals do? So the internet is insecure...what should we as individuals do? So the FBI took too long to get up to speed on computer crime...what should we as voters do? None of these questions are answered, or even seriously addressed. Publishing this work in book form should have offered the two authors (journalists by trade) a forum to ask and answer the bigger questions instead of just stringing together a bunch of daily-news quality reporting. There is a sort of essay at the end of the book that makes a lame attempt to do this, but it's not worth buying the book for.
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Summary: Love it. The end just blows you away
Review: This is one of my favorite books of all time. Mann and Freedman capture the very core of what it means to be a hacker. They also finally tell the world the difference between the term "hacker" and "cracker". I would recommend this book to anyone that loves computers or non-fiction true crime.
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Summary: An Easy Read for the non-Cyberhip
Review: Though I've worked in the computer industry and telecommunications (now) for over 15 years, I'm not much at techno talk or understanding cyberspace. But even for me this book grabbed me by my wallet!! Silly me, I ordered it over the Net using a credit card. Am recommending it as a great thriller and/or a 'must read' to all concerned about Internet security. Could NOT put the book down. My paranoia is now justifiable
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Summary: Like Naked Lunch and Madame Bovary rolled into one
Review: What's better than cleavage? What's better than denim? Don't be foolish. Nothing's better than cleavage or denim. But "@ Large" comes darn close. The book, besides being a techno-thriller-mystery, offers the raw power of "Naked Lunch" combined with the narrative beauty of "Madame Bovary." It's as if Bill Burroughs and Flaubert went online. As for PhantomD, the featured cracker, he makes the internet seem like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. All I can say is, @-a-boy Freedman! @-a-boy Mann!
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