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best of 2600

Science That Became Fiction in 2600 Anthology

Back in the old days of text files and BBSes — days that hopefully you don't remember, kids — we used to do things like trade warez and pr0n cuz we were 1337 haXOrz man. No really, we were. But the people who were the true hackers of the 1980s and 90s were the people like Emmanuel Goldstein, who ran the underground techno-anarchist zine 2600 for curious, technically-minded people who wanted to learn about things such as tweaking the phone system or lock-picking or social engineering. Articles in 2600 became the stuff of legends, and influenced (for better or worse) movies like Sneakers and Hackers. Now the first-ever collection of these influential early hacker essays is coming out, just in time for the last-ever Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) conference in NYC. More »

12:43 PM on Thu Jun 12 2008
By Annalee Newitz
1,688 views, 16 comments

Latest by hakubak: @MrBogard: I've always heard it called "Social Engineering" more »

war games: the dead code

Psycho A.I. Nukes Philly -- And We're Still Bored

Things you will have to forget in order to enjoy War Games: The Dead Code: The fact that it's supposed to be a direct-to-DVD sequel to War Games, the decent 1980s hacker-almost-starts-WWIII epic. The fact that even Homeland Security might be aware that "online gamers" and "terrorists" are probably mutually exclusive groups. And the fact that MGM tried to sue the rightful owner of WarGames.com in preparation for this release. Click through for the awful details. More »

12:00 PM on Wed Apr 2 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
1,779 views, 18 comments

Latest by Tei: So, we hare walking backward? the old movie has more hacking than this. more »

hackers

Hacker Movies That Please Hackers

There are a zillion near-future scifi flicks that have hackers in them doing highly technical things like "hacking the planet" or "bringing down the whole system." When filmmakers don't want to sound like total idiots, however, they call a real hacker to consult — a hacker like Fyodor, whose real-life software tool "nmap" was used by uber-hacker Trinity in The Matrix and shows up in a Bourne Identity cameo. Fyodor also consulted on the hacking scenes in Live Free or Die Hard (he's not convinced his input made the movie any more realistic). Though he thinks The Matrix is the best scifi hacking movie out there, Fyodor has a surprising pick for "good geek porn" in a hacker movie. More »

1:00 PM on Fri Dec 28 2007
By Annalee Newitz
2,535 views, 4 comments

Latest by gryftir: it's easier to find bad depictions of hackers in movies and TV then good ones. It's hard to show hacking accurately, because it generally: 1. Takes lots and lots of time 2. is repetitive 3. Doesn't do anything all that impressive when you gain more »

found footage

Cyberella Delivers Virtual Reality Sexual Healing

Mara dies in a fire while inside a virtual reality program she wrote called "Dreamworlds." After her death, she discovers that God is a hot computer program who wants Mara to heal the world — with VR sex. Thus begins Cyberella: Forbidden Passions, the weirdest scifi story ever used as an excuse for some R-rated sexy action [clip is work-safe]. More »

1:55 PM on Fri Nov 23 2007
By Annalee Newitz
2,738 views, 1 comment