New York City Hackers

Stig Lennart Sørensen

Year of Production: 2000 Category: C-film Duration: 30 min. Sound: mono Language: English English Subtitles Contact the director

Hackers: malicious vandals or cyberspace freedom fighters? In the last few years hacking has become synonymous with electronic crime in the media and the public mind. The federal agencies strikes down hard on any offender it catches, and all of a sudden what has earlier been considered intellectual playfulness today has become serious business ... This documentary looks at the "2600" community in New York City of today, its meetings and conferences, political annotations and historically explores the roots of the definition 'hacking' amongst the model train enthusiasts at MIT...

Copyright: 2000 Visual Cultural Studies, University of Tromsø
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