Reply From: "H. Morrow Long" <morrow.long@yale.edu>
How about we call people for what they are, regardless of whether they
are operating in the real or 'cyber' world :
* Intruders are people who break in where they don't belong
(including computer systems and networks).
* Vandals are people who deface text and art (including people
who mess up Web pages on servers after they have broken in).
* Thieves and burglars are people who steal things (including
people who break into computers and obtain information or
software).
* Swindlers and "con artists" are people who sucker money
(or both tangibles and intangibles such as information)
from the gullible or unsuspecting (including users on the Net).
* Impersonators are people who claim to be someone else.
* Forgers are people who fake versions of purportedly genuine
official information.
* Fences are people who receive and sell stolen property
(which could be physical or intellectual).
Isn't that much clearer than defining who (or what) is a hacker or cracker?
- H. Morrow Long
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Received on Tue Jun 2 10:54:13 1998