OK finally did the Douglas Thomas reading and figured i should elaborate on my last entry as it wasn't quite up to scratch!
Overall i think the article was really interesting, best one yet i think. Getting back to where i was before in the last post...
Over the last week i have been thinking about the idea of hackers and who they actually are and the whole white/black hat thing and I've decided that the reason hacker are assumed to be white little boys is because of how they are portrayed in the media. Media representations of hackers have been shown through movies and television therefore limiting our views on who hackers are, Douglas Thomasa's view on this is very right on the mark i think. He states that media and press construct hackers as criminals even though the hackers themselves think differently of themselves. This then relates to 'The Hacker Manifesto' by Loyd Blankenship that Michaela has in her blog.
I do think that the laws and surveillance surrounding hacking need to be abit more defined in terms of punishments and what we can and cannot do online and maybe harsher punishments for bigger more serious hacks??? ( :s for lack of a better word) Any ideas?
Anyway enough blabbing :) Catchya
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Very interesting post - do you think the media perception of internet users is changing as it becomes more and more mainstream (i.e.: is using the latest tech now seen as 'cool'?) And what effect might that have on behaviour and perception of these behaviours?
i think slowly the media perception will change, i dont think it will happen all to drastically. Through younger generations i think technology is becoming more obvious to them and their peers so having the latest techs does make you stand out to a certain degree...
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