THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPUTER UNDERGROUND
A THESIS SUBM... Title: The Social Organization of the Computer Underground
Major: Criminology ... ial organization of the
"computer underground" (CU). The CU is composed of
... an ethnographic account of computer underground
organization. It is conclud
00 magazine,
for "complicity in computer theft," under the newly passed, and yet
untested, New Jersey S... tigated other North
Jersey bulletin boards. Not understanding subject matter of the
Private Sector BBS... respectable media sources. The news conference
understandably made the front page of most of the major... was formally charged with
"computer conspiracy" under the above law, and released in the
custody of h
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This paper may be freely distributed under the following conditions:
1. It must be distri... ation has not been matched by an equal growth in
understanding on the part of legislatures, the judiciar... e examined.
These different analogies provide an understanding of how courts
have seen various communic... and, thus, is
not subject to government control under the postal laws.[FN8]
However, it is under the c
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Project Underground Alliance - A Proposal for Change
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Operation Underworld 215.493.6282
Hated by those they wishe... coders, anarchists, and sysops that have made the
Underground Alliance a reality. Through this document, ... throughout internet in order to explain what
the Underground Alliance is, why it was created, and how it
""" RoundTable members, sometimes probl
ems, misunder-
standings or downright angry confrontations are created simply because the
other person doesn't understand what you're _really_ trying to say. If
you'... placed [grin] can go a long way to help stop
a misunderstanding.
Another reason this modem-language... cross an unusual cluster of letters and you don't understand
what they mean, by all means ask the person
urne's computing facilities, which enabled me
to undertake this research. I would also like to thank Ric...
it, 'normal' face-to-face communication.(2) The underlying assumption
that physical contact is necessa... an communication
pervades social theory. This is understandable. Until recently,
physical contact was a... ows users to send
messages to a database divided under subject headings, facilitating
electronic mail b
rse. I just think it's sad that some people don't understand
that maybe rodents want to be rodents and ar... and become famous by writing about the
"Computer Underground", willing to stroke the ego's of neophytes ... ek, providing of course that Commodore doesn't go under by that
time. Every 3 or 4 msg's will be one proc... ng all information available
at the present time, under the present economic systems of the world and the
e part of governments
shows a lack of understanding with the area. The need to create
... te and/or federal law, can also be prosecuted under other
laws.56
A. Comp... ddress the problem of
computer crime. Understanding that the scope of the original law
... mentioned crimes will not be prosecutable under this section.
Congress intentionally
Collective Goods 24
Accounting Systems and Misunderstandings 25
Data 28
Collective Goods... manipulation of signs. Cyberspace, then, can be understood as a
vast territory , a space of representat... s may have profound effects on our perception
and understanding of reality, even when limited to the comp... iscussed in the Backstage conference before being
undertaken. For lack of other technical means, "bannin
lf-scrutiny of
newspapers, or does it operate under some lesser standard? How
may the initial par... d to deny access to those attempting to log on
under an unvalidated or unrecognized name.24
... or
chattels in his possession or under his
control is subject to liabil... his procedure are that
computer programs cannot understand all the nuances of libellous
messages83 an
f-scrutiny of
newspapers, or does it operate under some lesser standard? How
may the initial pa... to deny access to those attempting to log on
under an unvalidated or unrecognized name.24
... or
chattels in his possession or under his
control is subject to liabil... is procedure are that
computer programs cannot understand all the nuances of libellous
messages83 a
mpiling logs from a number of the premier "hacker underground BBSes"
of the 1980s. We have obtained exce... ensiveness of the
material.
Working collectively under the name "LOD Communications," former
members hav... as a rich source
of data for anybody who wants to understand the culture of time. It is
as if somebody ha... see and judge for
themselves what occurred on the underground boards.
We see the jealousies, anger, crea
recludes these social outcasts from being able to understand (much less
perform) many of the basics of BBSing.
Firstly, these people cannot understand instructions. Now, perhaps you
cannot quite ... e
RULES?! It says "No Aliases". Can you understand that, or are you
saying that your ... erence. Again, these
losers just don't seem to understand that the title of the conferences
should
al capacities for official acts
purportedly taken under color of their agency and under color of the
official duties and exercises of governmental power vested ... ued in their individual capacities for acts taken under
color and authority of their official position as OCPD officers, but
which in truth and fact were undertaken outside the authority and
proper use of thei