The shelves at Spino's Pawn Shop in Waterbury,
Conn., brim with mismatched goods: stereos, vacuums, saxophones,
crossbows, video games, yellowing packages of Krazy Glue. The
brothers… more
The cloak-and-dagger capers of computer
no-goodniks may seem like prime page-turning material, but most
books on the subject have all the sex appeal of a VCR manual.
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Hollywood creative types are well-acquainted
with the martyr theme: Just think of Mel Gibson's pre-decapitation
cry of "Freedom!" in Braveheart, or the numerous Joan of Arcs
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The cartoon character on Theo de Raadt's
business card is surprisingly uncuddly. Most upstart software
companies employ cute mascots -- Linux's bemused penguin, for
example… more
The decidedly seedy Hotel Pennsylvania,
a tourist magnet opposite Madison Square Garden, seems like
an odd place for a guy like Greg Newby to foment his cyberrevolution.
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The keynote address at a typical hacker
convention is delivered by the "Wizened Security Guru," usually
an ex-CIA spook who wows the crowd with cloak-and-dagger tales.
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