Civilización hacker

If you want to know the history of our digital civilization, you must know the history of hackers. Sullied by many, idolized by less, hackers have contributed decisively to the development of some of the most important artifacts and intellectual devices of the digital revolution, beginning with the Internet or the birth of Apple. The beginnings of the history of hacker culture and ethics date back six decades, when young enthusiasts and pranksters from the MIT Tech Model Railroad Club defined their practices as hacking and themselves as hackers. This book traces, since then, the evolutionary line of hacker culture and ethics, with which it is explained how and why phenomena such as WikiLeaks or Anonymous, the rise of cryptography or movements for free software have emerged in recent years. and the recognition of open access to knowledge as a human right. This book composes a complex puzzle through a theoretical, conceptual, historical, interpretive and critical analysis of hackers' ethics and culture, and of hacktivism as a political manifestation of hacking. Going through the history of the hacker community, with its original sources, you will discover the pillars of a new civilization.