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...brothers and friends of Tau Epsilon Phi mourn the loss of our brother Jonas. He was a hacker in every sense of the word, and we are going to miss him greatly. We send our love and condolences to his family, friends and everyone who knew him," Tau Epsilon Phi brother Adam C. Ganderson '97 said in a prepared statement read yesterday by the fraternity's chancellor...
...seems hackers have been with us since the dawn of computing. "Hacker" used to be a term of respect. Now it is portrayed by the media as the title of a nefarious criminal...
...pirated long distance is measured in the billions. Getting caught means jail time and a nasty fine. "Philes" on bulletin boards describe everything from breaking into phone switches to hooking up electronic video games to the phone line in order to destroy phone company computers trying to trace the hacker...
...computer system is even worse. A backdoor into the mail system allows even the most inept hacker to masquerade as President Rudenstine when sending electronic Mail. This means that any email receiyed could be real or it could be a blatant forgery-and the recipient has absolutely no way of knowing...
...their bravado, many of the hacker hoods come from broken homes and have deep psychological problems. Rosenfeld's parents split up when he was 15, and the young man recalls brutal physical fights with his hard-drinking father. Several months ago, the hacker literally hacked his wrists with a razor, in his second attempt to kill himself since 1991. "Most of my childhood is a blur, partly because of LSD and partly because I just don't want to remember," says Rosenfeld, who is open, insightful and very likable when he removes the cybermask. "I have no clue...