Anarchy ONLINE [Hardcover]

Charles Platt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1996

SCARCE in hardbound. Sections include: PIRATES PORNOGRAPHERS / FED PHREAKS PEDOPHILES / LEGISLATORS PROSECUTORS / THIEVES CHRISTIANS/ CRACKSERS HACKERS ANARCHISTS / SUPREMACISTS FETISHISTS / SCAMMERS / SPAMMERS /CYPHERPUNKS... and their epic struggle to control the internet.

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Black Sheep Books; 1ST edition (1996)
• ASIN: B001LNW45O
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Charles Platt became interested in computers when he acquired an Ohio Scientific C4P in 1979. After writing and selling software by mail order, he taught classes in BASIC programming, MS-DOS, and subsequently Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. He wrote five computer books during the 1980s.

He has also written science fiction novels such as The Silicon Man (published by Wired books) and Protektor (from Avon Books). He stopped writing science fiction when he started contributing to Wired magazine in 1993, and became one of its three senior writers a couple of years later.

Charles began contributing to Make magazine in its third issue and is currently a contributing editor. Make: Electronics is his first book for Make Books. Currently he is designing and building prototypes of medical equipment in his workshop in a northern Arizona wilderness area.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars There is better, March 2, 2000

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Alex Schott (Goshen, Indiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Anarchy Online (Paperback)

I enjoyed this book but found 'Life and Death on the Internet' by Keith Schroeder to be more useful, informitive and interesting. Personally, I would pass on this book and get Mr. Schroeder's.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good book, tackles ethics and legal issues head-on, December 24, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Anarchy Online (Paperback)

I quite enjoyed both parts of this book. "Net Crime" does a lot to put real computer crime in perspective -- not the media hype that most people are used to. It's not very technical, so non-techies could understand and appreciate it. The section on satellite piracy doesn't seem directly relevant, but it's very interesting and does well to illustrate some basic "hacker principles" without actually saying so. (All you hackers that don't believe in piracy, don't trip, Platt doesn't tend to overgeneralize.)

On the flip side, "Net Sex" provides (afaik) an accurate historical account of the 'net (and BBS) pr0n scare and some of the aftermath. There's a lot of serious discussion about freedom of speech, but the author's bias doesn't stop him from carefully portraying both sides of the issues.

All in all, these were two very interesting books. Anyone interested in studying hacking (from a social/legal point of view, not a technical one) and/or the Internet porno industry should read this book. So should people who just want to learn a little more about computer crime and porn laws and how they came to be.

4.0 out of 5 stars They should have taken out net-sex (it's obsolete), December 1, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Anarchy Online (Paperback)

The part on net-crime was great since it showed history, ethics, pyschology and the zen of hacking itself. i was hoping that the coverage could have been broader, but the book was halfed into net-sex where it talked about BBS pr0n which is kinda dead nowadays.

Nonetheless, a good book if you're towards the history and the sense of hackers. But if you're looking for technical stuff, uhmm, better turn your back. The book is not for those wanting to learn, or is in search of technical knowledge. The book is for critics, professors, and the mass who don't understand what hacking is all about.