"It Doesn't Have to Be This Way": Hacker Perspectives on Privacy

A study of the attitudes of computer hackers towards computer security, electronic surveillance, and privacy is presented. Topics include hacker ethics, hactivism and the freedom of information; technolibertarianism, technological utopianism and crypto-anarchy; and the role that government, business...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Steinmetz, Kevin F.
Contributors: Gerber, Jurg
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2014
In: Social justice
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Attitude (Psychology)
Computer hackers
Computer security
Electronic Surveillance
Ethics
Freedom of information
Hacktivism
Privacy
Right of privacy
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Summary:A study of the attitudes of computer hackers towards computer security, electronic surveillance, and privacy is presented. Topics include hacker ethics, hactivism and the freedom of information; technolibertarianism, technological utopianism and crypto-anarchy; and the role that government, business and individuals have as both protectors of and threats to privacy.