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From: tac@teldata.UUCP ()
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: cracking
Message-ID: <389@teldata.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 13-Jun-84 12:17:22 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 13 12:17:22 1984
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, (sop to the blank line eaters--consider it a religious sacrifice)

  Judy has a good point about the term hack, but the language is always
changing with respect to slang, and I do not object to the term "Hacker"
being applied to me.  There is the problem of what to call the juvenile
(and not so young) computer users who break into systems.  I object to
the term "Cracker", for it sounds too much like Hacker and can easily
be confused as such.  There already is a name for these people though,
FELLON.  Breaking and entering, or unauthorized entry to a restricted
area are crimes.  It makes no difference if your aunt Mabel could pick
the lock or if it requires the Phantom's skills (see the Pink Panther),
it is still a crime.  The security of the system is not at fault is 
the person has deliberately attempted to breach such security as there
is.

	    From the (Hanging Judge) Soapbox of
	    Tom Condon     {...!uw-beaver!teltone!teldata!tac}

	    A Radical A Day Keeps The Government At Bay.

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