Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Sun, 30 Jun 91 00:04:11 -0400 From: Scott Huehn Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Please Explain the Terms 'Hacker' and 'Phreaker' Reply-To: aj540@cleveland.freenet.edu Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 504, Message 6 of 12 Lines: 15 What most of you misunderstand is that hackers and phreakers are not united. Some of you believe that they all work together to cause havoc, and if you catch one of them, it will stop the rest. You are wrong. The 'Underworld' or 'Underground', so to speak, is in chaos. They are not one big group atempting to access everything under the sun. There is quite a bit of competition, and if you stop one person, it may be a rival of another, and in essence no big 'loss'. They work in a 'gang' such as you see on the street, except through computers. It may be interesting to watch, but the stakes are high; it is for publicity. Scott aj540@cleveland.freenet.edu - Internet