¶ Understanding the Hacker Community
So we were sitting around a table and we were literally trying to figure out how to break into it. They're learning creative, fun, okay ways to break what they've considered to be rules. I just wanted other people to see the good in our community. We don't know what other people are
We don't know what other people want to use the technology for. And that's the most exciting part. I'm Jeremy N. Smith, author of Breaking and Entering, the true story of a female hacker called Alien, and the birth of our information in security. When I was writing my book, I got to talk to lots of hackers who opened my eyes to worlds that range far beyond the cartoon intruder hunched over a computer. But I could only follow one story, aliens in depth.
¶ Podcast Series and Diverse Guests
Now I'm introducing a new thirty minute, ten episode podcast spin-off series, The Hacker Next Door, where I interview a diverse array of hackers about their surprising origin stories, exploits, and everyday lives. You do it in the name of anonymous and you don't seek personal fame and recognition. We always joke that no one ever looks up. You see the world as an environment that is under your control. Are you gonna treat the hacker community with respect?
We can actually do something, like we really can. Guests include a ransomware. An NSA recruit, a lockpicker, a missionary, a hacktivist, a hacker couple raising hacker kids, and many more. It's my chance to keep challenging stereotypes and reveal the human side of this extraordinary activity and production. Who hackers really are and how hacking Please stay tuned, subscribe, and spread the word. Thanks.