[Moderator: Ms. Meinel is not teaching the FBI. She submitted a proposal,
but it was not accepted. Techbroker is the site for her consulting
business and should have little to do with the HH deal. She also
has www.happyhacker.org registered which is designed to sell books.]
Reply From: Chris Wilson <cmw32@hermes.cam.ac.uk>
> From: Carolyn Meinel <cmeinel@techbroker.com>
> Subject: HHD for 8/17
I thought I recognised this name from somewhere. Carolyn Meinel wrote the
book Happy Hackers and, I believe, an E-zine by the same name. The book
has been accused of being a "decoy", teaching useless "hacking" techniques
and things which simply don't work. Ms. Meinel herself is now training the
Feds to catch exactly the same hackers she trained with her book. If I
were a hacker who'd discovered how worthless the book is and then found
out that she was training the Feds how to find me, I'd be pretty pissed
off.
The "volunteer" web site (www.techbroker.com) she runs, is the vehicle for
promotion of her book and e-zine. Given her dual incomes from book sales
and consulting to the U.S. Government, I'm surprised she can't afford to pay
her staff.
Ciao, Chris.
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