I Saw Myself As An Electronic Joy

Social Engineering Is Using Deception, Manipulation And Influence To Convince A Human Who Has Access To A Computer System To Do Something, Like Click On An Attachment In An E-mail.

My Argument Is Not That I Shouldn't Have Been Punished, But That The Punishment Didn't Fit The Crime.

I'm Still A Hacker. I Get Paid For It Now. I Never Received Any Monetary Gain From The Hacking I Did Before. The Main Difference In What I Do Now Compared To What I Did Then Is That I Now Do It With Authorization.

All They Need To Do Is To Set Up Some Website Somewhere Selling Some Bogus Product At Twenty Percent Of The Normal Market Prices And People Are Going To Be Tricked Into Providing Their Credit Card Numbers.

It Was Used For Decades To Describe Talented Computer Enthusiasts, People Whose Skill At Using Computers To Solve Technical Problems And Puzzles Was - And Is - Respected And Admired By Others Possessing Similar Technical Skills.