Hackers: Computer Outlaws revisited

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Fri Jul 27 13:44:30 2001

During "Operation Sundevil", the feds kicked down a lot of doors looking
for the "cyberdecks" that amplify brainwaves for cracking systems.

They never did acknowledge that they were mistaken, nor that Steve Jackson
Games was involved in SCIENCE FICTION, not real overthrow of the guvmint.
But they did eventually return most of the pieces of his hard drives,
motherboards, etc.

--
Grumpy Ol' Fred
On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Bryan Pope wrote:
> >
> > Have you read Neuromance by William Gibson?  In the book they have
> > computer protection called "Black ICE" which can kill someone trying
> > to break into a computer over the network.
> 
> If I remember correctly, the 'netrunner' character class in the Cyberpunk
> RPG has a direct neural interface to the net, and (h|cr)ack with it.  The
> danger in that comes from the ability of the netrunner's adversaries to
> crack into that interface and do nasty things like stop the netrunner's
> heart.
> 
> Gives a whole new meaning to "reach out and touch someone".
> 
> --
> Jeffrey S. Sharp
> jss_at_subatomix.com

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