Hacking Defined

A. What is hacking?

Hacking is the act of penetrating computer systems to gain

knowledge about the system and how it works.

Hacking is illegal because we demand free access to ALL data, and

we get it. This pisses people off and we are outcasted from society, and

in order to stay out of prison, we must keep our status of being a

hacker/phreaker a secret. We can't discuss our findings with anyone but

other members of the hacking/phreaking community for fear of being

punished. We are punished for wanting to learn. Why is the government

spending huge amounts of time and money to arrest hackers when there are

other much more dangerous people out there. It is the murderers,

rapists, terrorists, kidnappers, and burglers who should be punished for what they have done, not hackers. We do NOT pose a threat to anyone. We are NOT out to hurt people or there computers. I admit that there are some people out there who call themselves hackers and who deliberately damage computers. But these people are criminals, NOT hackers. I don't care what the government says, we are NOT criminals. We are NOT trying to alter or damage any system. This is widely misunderstood. Maybe one day people will believe us when we say that all we want is to learn.

There are only two ways to get rid of hackers and phreakers.

One is to get rid of computers and telephones, in which case we would

find other means of getting what we want.(Like that is really going to

happen.) The other way is to give us what we want, which is free access

to ALL information. Until one of those two things happen, we are not

going anywhere.

B. Why hack?

As said above, we hack to gain knowledge about systems and the

way they work. We do NOT want to damage systems in any way. If you do

damage a system, you WILL get caught. But, if you don't damage

anything, it is very unlikely that you will be noticed, let alone be

tracked down and arrested, which costs a considerable amount of time

and money.

Beginners should read all the files that they can get their

hands on about anything even remotely related to hacking and phreaking,

BEFORE they start hacking. I know it sounds stupid and boring but it

will definitely

pay off in the future. The more you read about hacking

and phreaking, the more unlikely it is that you will get caught. Some

of the most useless pieces of information that you read could turn out

to be the most helpful. That is why you need to read everything

possible.

C. Hacking rules

1. Never damage any system. This will only get you into trouble.

2. Never alter any of the systems files, except for those needed to

insure that you are not detected, and those to insure that you have

access