"But my intrusions, particularly the physical ones, were more than just ways of gaining knowledge. I think, in a way, part of me still saw the network as something mystical and arcane. Exploring a telephone switching center, immersed in the sights and sounds of rooms full of equipment, was a kind of transcendence for me. A chance to become part of something greater than myself. "
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San Jose Mercury News article about "The Watchman" and reactions to it from the principals of the book
Discovery Online looks at hackers?
kevin poulsen's links
you can't handle the truth
stop the national wiretap plan
payphones of the world in the venerable hacker journal 2600 magazine