2600 Magazine - The Hacker Quarterly is another way that hackers can obtain and exchange information. "It started out as a magazine but it's come to mean more than just a magazine. It's an attitude, its the way people think of things, people basically challenging authority in different ways...We have meeting all over the world now where people get together and explore things and trade information." says Emmanuel Goldstein the founder and editor of 2600.

There is a page in the back of 2600 Magazine that lists all of the meeting places throughout the world and the numbers of the payphones near wherever they are held. Even if you can't make the meeting you can always call up and ask for someone.

2600 meetings are mostly social affairs, any real hacking is done outside of the meetings. The meetings are more of a place to get together, talk about the latest techno developments and generally meet people who share the same interest in computers and telecommunications.

The meetings reflects whatever the scene is at the place where they are held, so the New York meeting is much different than the LA meeting and the London meeting has its own characteristics but they are all tied together through the technology. Hackers show off their latest hardware or show how they hacked the Apple Newton. Software is exchanged. Files are given out. The meetings are completely public, anyone can attend. It is possible to show up in any city on the first friday of the month. You don't have to know anyone, you just have to be interested in learning and sharing information with other hackers.

For more information:
www.2600.com

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