Geek Reads: Part Three of The Hacker Crackdown

20.03.2011

David: it seems she eventually got her job at the attorney general's office back, was the keynote speaker at DEFCON once and stayed a sort of notable figure in the computer crimes world until at least the early to mid 2000s.

Alex: I wonder if she still gets weird phone calls at all hours of the night from hackers who "just want to talk shop"? I'd also be curious to know if she's had any contact or involvement with Assange or the WikiLeaks organization...

David: Huh...I hadn't really made that connection.

Alex: I also wonder if phone scams are still her number-one concern, as they were in 1990; there's this fascinating passage about Thackeray's eyes lighting up when she starts to imagine her dream tech rig, and it really elucidated how thin the line is between hackers and cybercops

David: Yeah, that was one of my favorite parts of the chapter.