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Geek Reads: Part Two of The Hacker Crackdown

13.03.2011
Hello and welcome back to the second installment in our weekend column! This week we were all a little busy in the office writing about Apple's launch and the in Japan, so we thought it might be fun to try out a new format (and save ourselves the headache of having to actually talk to each other in person.)

we talked about the weird origin of the American phone system and the benevolent hegemony of Ma Bell. In Part 2 of Bruce Sterling's , we finally dig into the meat of America's war on cybercrime and discover where terms like phreaker, hacker and phile came from. We also meet the principal players in this tragicomedy, including the U.S. Secret Service, the Legion of Doom and a wayward hacker known as Fry Guy; Steve Jackson Games and Sterling himself even make a brief appearance.

: Oh hai.

: I now call this meeting of the He-Man Woman Hater's Club to order!

: Part 2 of the Hacker Crackdown! Wherein shit gets real bad, real quick.

Nate: Well then, shall we get to chatting about this book?