Comments on: I’m an Intruding Hacker http://techliberation.com/2005/07/07/im-an-intruding-hacker/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Thu, 24 May 2012 19:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tim http://techliberation.com/2005/07/07/im-an-intruding-hacker/comment-page-1/#comment-55371 Tim Mon, 11 Jul 2005 15:04:12 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2005/07/07/im-an-intruding-hacker/#comment-55371 <p>It's true that some Internet connections can be traced, but others can't. There are libraries, Internet cafes, and university computing labs, all of which will generally allow anonymous access to the Internet. I believe some of the "one month free" AOL CDs can be used anonymously.<br><br>If you want to find an untracable Internet connection to send a death threat to the president, it's not hard to do. Shutting down all unsecured access points in the world--even if that were feasible--would only marginally increase the difficulty determined people would have finding an anonymous Internet connection.</p> It’s true that some Internet connections can be traced, but others can’t. There are libraries, Internet cafes, and university computing labs, all of which will generally allow anonymous access to the Internet. I believe some of the “one month free” AOL CDs can be used anonymously.

If you want to find an untracable Internet connection to send a death threat to the president, it’s not hard to do. Shutting down all unsecured access points in the world–even if that were feasible–would only marginally increase the difficulty determined people would have finding an anonymous Internet connection.

]]> By: Tim http://techliberation.com/2005/07/07/im-an-intruding-hacker/comment-page-1/#comment-31470 Tim Mon, 11 Jul 2005 14:04:12 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2005/07/07/im-an-intruding-hacker/#comment-31470 <p>It's true that some Internet connections can be traced, but others can't. There are libraries, Internet cafes, and university computing labs, all of which will generally allow anonymous access to the Internet. I believe some of the "one month free" AOL CDs can be used anonymously.</p> <p>If you want to find an untracable Internet connection to send a death threat to the president, it's not hard to do. Shutting down all unsecured access points in the world--even if that were feasible--would only marginally increase the difficulty determined people would have finding an anonymous Internet connection.</p> It’s true that some Internet connections can be traced, but others can’t. There are libraries, Internet cafes, and university computing labs, all of which will generally allow anonymous access to the Internet. I believe some of the “one month free” AOL CDs can be used anonymously.

If you want to find an untracable Internet connection to send a death threat to the president, it’s not hard to do. Shutting down all unsecured access points in the world–even if that were feasible–would only marginally increase the difficulty determined people would have finding an anonymous Internet connection.

]]> By: brett http://techliberation.com/2005/07/07/im-an-intruding-hacker/comment-page-1/#comment-55370 brett Sat, 09 Jul 2005 03:13:55 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2005/07/07/im-an-intruding-hacker/#comment-55370 <p>I totally agree, and I use unsecured APs in the same manner, but this:</p> <blockquote><br><br>Trading kiddie porn and stealing credit card numbers are a big deal, but one can do that with any Internet connection. There's nothing special about WiFi in that respect.</blockquote> <p><br><br>isn't quite right. Anonymity is the special thing about wifi in that respect -- if you do those things from your home connection, they can be traced back to you. Not so if you're driving down the street using a random AP.</p> I totally agree, and I use unsecured APs in the same manner, but this:



Trading kiddie porn and stealing credit card numbers are a big deal, but one can do that with any Internet connection. There’s nothing special about WiFi in that respect.



isn’t quite right. Anonymity is the special thing about wifi in that respect — if you do those things from your home connection, they can be traced back to you. Not so if you’re driving down the street using a random AP.

]]> By: brett http://techliberation.com/2005/07/07/im-an-intruding-hacker/comment-page-1/#comment-31469 brett Sat, 09 Jul 2005 02:13:55 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2005/07/07/im-an-intruding-hacker/#comment-31469 <p>I totally agree, and I use unsecured APs in the same manner, but this:</p> <blockquote> Trading kiddie porn and stealing credit card numbers are a big deal, but one can do that with any Internet connection. There's nothing special about WiFi in that respect.</blockquote> <p>isn't quite right. Anonymity is the special thing about wifi in that respect -- if you do those things from your home connection, they can be traced back to you. Not so if you're driving down the street using a random AP.</p> I totally agree, and I use unsecured APs in the same manner, but this:

Trading kiddie porn and stealing credit card numbers are a big deal, but one can do that with any Internet connection. There’s nothing special about WiFi in that respect.

isn’t quite right. Anonymity is the special thing about wifi in that respect — if you do those things from your home connection, they can be traced back to you. Not so if you’re driving down the street using a random AP.

]]> By: garym http://techliberation.com/2005/07/07/im-an-intruding-hacker/comment-page-1/#comment-55369 garym Fri, 08 Jul 2005 17:09:16 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2005/07/07/im-an-intruding-hacker/#comment-55369 <p>"To hack," in modern parlance, means "to do something with a computer which I don't like."</p> “To hack,” in modern parlance, means “to do something with a computer which I don’t like.”

]]> By: garym http://techliberation.com/2005/07/07/im-an-intruding-hacker/comment-page-1/#comment-31468 garym Fri, 08 Jul 2005 16:09:16 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2005/07/07/im-an-intruding-hacker/#comment-31468 <p>"To hack," in modern parlance, means "to do something with a computer which I don't like."</p> “To hack,” in modern parlance, means “to do something with a computer which I don’t like.”

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