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CONVERSATIONSDarren P. Mckeeman
Bruce Sterling,
coauthor of
The Difference Engine,
is currently
writing a nonfiction
book about
computer hacking.
HACK TOTHE FUTUREI first corresponded with
Bruce Sterling when the Elec
tronic Frontiers Foundation re
ferred him to me for sources
on his latest book project. Re
cently, I spoke with him about
his work and his ideas regard
ing writing and hacking.
COMPUTE: What is your new
book going to be called?
Bruce Sterling: It's called, ten
tatively, The Hacker Crack
down: The True Story of the Dig
ital Dragnet of 1990 and the
Start of the Electronic FrontiersFoundation.
C: What prompted you to
write about this?
Sterling: it was the [Steve] Jack
son bust. . . . The Chicago
Computer Fraud task force
showed up in town . . . pur
suing L.O.D. [Legion of
Doom] people and fringe
L.O.D. people, and they
came down hard on [two al
leged hackers]. They were in
such a hurry that they went in
and seized Steve Jackson's
stuff, too, and Jackson didn't
have anything to do with
this. . . .Anybody could have
told you that Steve Jackson
was not into carding [using oth
er people's calling card num
bers], he was not a code kid
[a person who sells long dis
tance codes], he was not a soft
ware pirate. . . . They were try
ing to swat out a prairie fire.
C: Why do you think the public
is so afraid of hackers?
Sterling: I think they are very
afraid of computer hackers,
but I think mostly they are
afraid of computers. A comput
er hacker puts the face on the
menace that is represented by
computers. I mean, I am afraid
160 COMPUTE NOVEMBER 1991
of computers. . . . I'mnotcom-
puterphobic; I'm rationally afraid
of computers. Computers are a
challenge and a threat, and
they're changing our society in
ways that we can't control and
don't understand. They're not
to be trusted.
C: What would your definition
of computer hacker be?
Sterling: I would say that if you
were really a computer hack
er, there would have to be
some sort of intellectual curi
osity about what you were do
ing. In other words, you're not
just a code thief. . . . There
are people running call cell op
erations [calling card fraud]
whom I wouldn't call comput
er hackers per se, but they
have everything a hacker
[has]. They've got a Commo
dore, and they've got a mo
dem, and they've got codes,
and they've got teenagers
working for them, and they've
got a subscription to 2600 [an
underground magazine devot
ed to hacking], and they've
got police that hate their guts.
So what are you going to allow
here, a blood test?
C: What is the difference be
tween computer hackers and
the guy at the office who uses
the computer to transfer a few
bucks into his account or the
guy into coding?
Sterling: There are appeals to
the things that computer hack
ers do, and [it isn't] money. It's
not the ability to embezzle
funds. That's not the major
kick. The major kick of hack
ing is power.
C: Do you think computer hack
ing should be outlawed?
Sterling: No, I don't really
think it should. I think there
ought to be laws against code
theft and such, and I think
that "the heat" are probably
right when they say it's getting
worse, and maybe ten years
ago it was the sort of thing
that got done in college
dorms. But now there are
guys from, say, Pakistan, who
shoulder surf [run programs at
phone booths from laptops] at
airports and sell codes and
stuff. I don't think that ought to
be legal.
C: What does the future have
in store for computer hacking ?
Sterling: As far as I'm con
cerned, computer hacking
has already had its Summer of
Love. And now you're going to
see more and more people do
ing the sort of things people
did who were in L.O.D. in
1985 or 1986, except these
[people] are going to be so un
savory, man.
C: What do you think of the
word cyberpunk being used
to describe hackers?
Sterling: I think it's very regret
table. [Cyberpunk] is a literary/
critical term. The idea that it
would be used in this form
sort of shows the basic igno
rance of the science fiction mi
lieu that's akin to the kind of
ignorance that involves having
Steve Jackson get busted. If
he hadn't been making a
game called Cyberpunk, this
innocent guy would not have
been struck down on his own
property by agents of the fed
eral government, not to men
tion the state of Illinois and
Bell. Tagging people with line
names, I guess it's useful, but
not if it provokes some kind of
knee-Jerk reflex. I recognize it
as a fait accompli: I'm not go
ing to sue—not that I would—
but I also recognize it is not a
thing that is entirely without jus
tice. The books we write do
deal extensively with comput
er crime, and a lot of the char
acters do exhibit very militant
antisocial attitudes, □
CONVERSATIONS
Bruce Sterling, coauthor 01
The DiHerence Engine, is currenll~
writing a nonfiction book about
computer hacking.
Darren P. Mckeeman
HACK TO THE FUTURE I first corresponded with Bruce Sterling when the Electronic Frontiers Foundation referred him to me for sources on his latest book project. Recently. I spoke with him about his work and his ideas regarding writing and hacking.
COMPUTE: What is your new book going to be called?
Bruce Sterling: It 's ca lled, tentatively, The Hacker Crackdown: The True Story of the Digital Dragnet of 1990 and the Start of the Electronic Frontiers Foundation.
C: What prompted you to write about this?
Sterling: It was the [Steve] Jackson bust. . The Chicago Computer Fraud task force showed up in town ... pursu ing l.O.D. [Leg ion of Doom] people and fringe l.O.D. people , and they came down hard on [two alleged hackers] . They were in such a hurry that they went in and seized Steve Jackson 's stuff, too, and Jackson didn't have anything to do with this.. . Anybody could have told you thai Steve Jackson was not into carding [using other people's calling card numbers], he was not a code kid [a person who sells long distance codes], he was not a software pirate .... They were trying to swat out a prairie fire .
C: Why do you think the public is so afraid of hackers?
Sterling : I think they are very afraid of computer hackers, but t think mostly they are afraid of computers. A computer hacker puts the face on the menace that is represented by computers. I mean, I am afraid
160 COMPUTE NOVEMBER 1991
of computers. . . . I'm not computerphobic; I'm rationally afraid of computers. Computers are a challenge and a threat, and they're changing our society in ways that we can't control and don't understand. They're not to be trusted.
C: What would your definition of computer hacker be?
Sterling: I would say that if you were really a computer hacker, there would have to be some sort of intellectual curiosi ty about what you were doing. In other words, you're not just a code thief. ... There are people running call cell operations [call ing card fraud] whom I wouldn' t call computer hackers per se, but they have everything a hacker [has]. They've got a Commodore, and they've got a modem, and they've got codes, and they've got teenagers working for them, and they've got a subscription to 2600 [an underground magazine devoted to hacking], and they've got police that hate their guts. So what are you going to allow here, a blood test?
C: What is the difference between computer hackers and the guy at the office who uses the computer to transfer a few bucks into his account or the guy into coding?
Sterling : There are appeals to the things that computer hackers do, and [it isn't] money. It 's not the abil ity to embezzle funds. That's not the major kick. The major kick of hacking is power
C: 00 you think computer hacking should be outlawed?
Sterling : No, I don ' t really think it should. I think there ought to be laws against code theft and such , and I think that " the heat" are probably
right when they say it's getting worse, and maybe ten years ago it was the sort of thing that got done in college dorms. But now there are guys from, say, Pakistan, who shoulder surf [run programs at phone booths from laptops] at airports and sell codes and stuff. I don't think that ought to be legal.
C: What does the future have in store for computer hacking?
Sterling : As far as I'm concerned, compute r hacking has already had its Summer of Love. And now you're going to see more and more people doing the sort of things people did who were in L.O.D. in 1985 or 1986, except these [people] are going to be so unsavory, man.
C: What do you think of the word cyberpunk being used to describe hackers?
Sterling: I think it's very regrettable. [Cyberpunk] is a literaryl critical term. The idea that it would be used in this form sort of shows the basic ignorance of the science fiction milieu that's akin to the kind of ignorance that involves having Steve Jackson get busted. If he hadn 't been making a game called Cyberpunk, this innocent guy would not have been struck down on his own property by agents of the federal government, not to mention the state of Illinois and Bell. Tagging people with line names, I guess it's useful, but not if it provokes some kind of knee-jerk reflex. I recognize it as a fait accompli; I'm not going to sue-not that I wouldbut I also recognize it is not a thing that is entirely without justice. The books we write do deal extensively with computer crime, and a lot of the characters do exhibit very militant antisocial attitudes. 0
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