Re: Hackers

Hello Dennis,
True unauthorized access is a crime in many countries, but not here, at
least it wasn't the last time I checked it. It becomes a crime once you
watch what types of files are stored on a computer, steal something,
modify something (and so on). Then it's theft, manipulation of
information or something like that.

In many countries unauthorized access of a computer is considered a
crime anyway, unless the person who breaks into a system has written
contract which allows it or if s/he is the owner of the system. This
makes entering a system for security analysing purposes possible.

As somebody else said, hackers were originally great coders.

Sue, as somebody told before choose random passwords and never write
them up nor share them with anybody. My password looks like
"gcX!-ew@fl:Cll". Make sure that it has something like 10 or more chars
in it. Doubt that somebody could "guess" it.

Sorry, if I started a flame war, wasn't my original indent. I hope that
this was my last e-mail to this thread.

Best wishes,
Lauri V�in
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----- Original Message -----
From: Dennis Lapcewich <Dennis.Lapcewich(at)unisa.edu.au>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Cc: 'Lauri V�in' <optima(at)hot.ee>; jalal <the_jalal(at)yahoo.com>; Sue
Bailey <sue(at)bartandsue.co.uk>
Sent: 12. juuli 2000. a. 2:43
Subject: RE: Hackers

> Lauri,
>
> Actually the term differences may be considered irrelevant when you
speak
> with the legal beagles.  It is my understanding in Australia the
> unauthorized access of a computer and/or data is a crime.  The intent
of
> that unauthorized access is irrelevant.
>
>
> Dennis

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