Ghost in the Wires week 4 Chapter 25 thru 30

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Open Discussion. For my part I continued to be amazed at how Kevin continues to return to friends who have betrayed him. You also have to be impressed by his guts in some of the hacks he pulls off. One thing to consider is how much of what he is doing in this book could work now in a post 9/11 world....

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SUBMIT SUGGESTIONS TO THIS THREAD UNTIL 4/15/2021 AT THAT TIME I WILL START A POLL BASED ON THE SUGGESTIONS HERE

We have two carryover's from the last poll. American Kingpin and Stealing the Network, but since then they have announced the DefCon 29 theme "Can't Stop the Signal"...

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Open Discussion....

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Pretty much open discussion - Curious what other people think about Kevin's personal relationships. To me none of them seem healthy. Either he is manipulating people to enable his continued hacking or being manipulated by them. Also his family, even knowing the trouble he has been in or could get...

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I've heard that about him, but I have never met him, or talked to him, and the people I do know who talk about him - I don't know how well they know him, on top of that I don't know what credit he has supposedly claimed that wasn't rightfully his.... So I guess I am pretty open-minded on that point....

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This book is 433 pages so I am going to spread it over 6 weeks. That works out to 10 to 11 pages per day. For week one, what do you think about Kevin's start as a hacker? Is it typical? How does it compare to your start in the community? Also open discussion. Link to the book here https://www.amaz...

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The poll expired and the winner with 5 out of 13 votes is Ghost in the Wires by Kevin Mitnick. Carrying over for the next go around are American Kingpin and Stealing the Network. I'll post the poll for that in 4 weeks and allow a 2 week voting period. Suggest books until then.