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Against Hackers on the Computer

Learn about computer hacking, its history, and the attitudes and skills of hackers. Discover the importance of protecting your computer and take action against potential threats.

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Against Hackers on the Computer

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  1. Against Hackers on the Computer Mayling Nil CIS 1055 Section 22

  2. What is a Computer Hacker? • Practice of modifying computer hardware • Practice of modifying computer software • Most common among teenagers and young adults • They enjoy programming and have expert level skills in particular programs

  3. Attitudes of a Hacker • Enjoys learning details of a programming language • Enjoys doing the programming • Person capable of appreciating someone else’s hacking • Person who pick up programming quickly • Person who is an expert in a particular programming language

  4. Basic Hacking skills • How to program • Get one of the open source Unixes • Learn how to use the internet and write HTML • Know functional English

  5. History of Hacking • 1970s- Origins of Hacker Subculture • 1980s- 1985 – All Fun and War Games • 1985 – 1990 – Theft and Bugs • 1990- Combating the Perceived Hacker Threat • 2000 – New Trends

  6. Graph of Home Computers

  7. My Opinion on What Should be Done • Hackers’ computer equipment, modems and storage devices should be taken away. • First offense • Second offense • Third offense

  8. Guy Hacking Into Temple’s Network

  9. Works Cited • "Facts/Statistics About Computer Security and Loss of Data." Google Answers. 6 Feb. 2004. 8 Aug. 2008 <http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=304308>. • Harvey, Brian. "What is a Hacker?" What is a Hacker? 8 Aug. 2008 <http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~bh/hacker.html>. • Heaton, Jordana. "Hacker History." Hacker History. 8 Aug. 2008 <http://www.slais.ubc.ca/people/students/student-projects/j_heaton/>. • Hinders, Dana. "What is Computer Hacking?" What is Computer Hacking? 8 Aug. 2008 <http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-computer-hacking.html>.

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