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Masters of Deception

Masters of Deception: The Gang That Ruled Cyberspace

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Bruce Sterling's seminal work “The Hacker Crackdown” is a tough act to follow, but Masters of Deception does a pretty good job of doing just that - by discussing the split between the Hacker group The Legion of Doom and The Masters of Deception - with a split over philosophy (among other things) - should Hackers be about elitism - whose Kung Fu is the strongest, or should it be about exploration and sharing knowledge, the original hacker spirit.