The Conscience of a Hacker (also known as The Hacker Manifesto) is a small essay written January 8, 1986 by a hacker who went by the handle (or pseudonym) of The Mentor (born Loyd Blankenship). Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) Loyd Blankenship (aka The Mentor) (born 1965 has been a well-known American Computer hacker and It was written after the author's arrest, and first published in the underground hacker ezine Phrack in Volume One, Issue 7, Phile 3 of 10. An underground ezine is a publication without defined periodicity that discusses any subject which the Publisher deems interesting or newsworthy Phrack is an Underground ezine written by and for hackers first published November 17, 1985. Philes commonly refer to files about hacking in the days of BBSs Ph may have been originally used as homage to the phone/phreak. Today it can be found on countless websites.
It is considered a cornerstone of hacker culture, and it gives some insight into the psychology of early hackers. In Computing, hacker has several meanings A community of enthusiast Computer programmers and Systems designers originated in the 1960s Psychology (from Greek grc ψῡχή psȳkhē, "breath life soul" and grc -λογία -logia) is an Academic and It is said to have shaped the hacker community's view of itself and its motivations. The Manifesto states that hackers choose to hack because it is a way for them to learn, and because they are often frustrated and bored by the limitations of standard society. It also expresses the satori of a hacker realizing his potential in the realm of computers. Satori ( 悟 Korean oh; Japanese satori (from the verb Satoru) Chinese: wù
To this day, the Manifesto acts as a guideline to hackers across the globe, especially those new to the field. It serves as an ethical foundation for hacking, and asserts that there is a point to hacking that supersedes selfish desires to exploit or harm other people, and that technology should be used to expand our horizons and try to keep the world free. Freedom of information (or information freedom) may refer to the accessibility of government-held information ( Freedom of information legislation
The article is quoted in the 1995 movie Hackers, although in the movie it is being read from an issue of the hacker magazine 2600, not the historically accurate Phrack. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Hackers is a 1995 Film that follows the misfortunes of the young hackers Dade Murphy ('Crash Override'/'Zero Cool' played by Jonny Lee 2600 The Hacker Quarterly is a quarterly American publication that specializes in publishing technical information on a variety of subjects including telephone Phrack is an Underground ezine written by and for hackers first published November 17, 1985. It is also reproduced inside the CD case of the computer game Uplink. Uplink is a Video game released in 2001 by the British Software company Introversion Software.
"A Hacker Manifesto" is also the name of a book written by media studies professor McKenzie Wark. McKenzie Wark is an Australian -born Writer and Scholar. He works mainly on media theory, Critical theory and New media
The Mentor gave a reading of The Hacker Manifesto and offered additional insight at H2K2. HOPE (abbreviation Hackers on Planet Earth or the first two letters in Hotel Pennsylvania is a conference series sponsored by the hacker magazine
See also
External links
- The original article The Conscience of a Hacker on phrack.org archive
- ElfQrin interview with The Mentor (July 31, 2000)
- The Mentor at H2K2
- McKenzie Wark - A Hacker Manifesto
- TOTSE archive
- The Hacker Manifesto
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