Excellent account of Mitnick story (Hackers point of view) | The Fugitive Game: Online with Kevin Mitnick |...

an excellent counterpoint to "takedown" | The Fugitive Game: Online with Kevin Mitnick | Jonathan Littman

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	• The Fugitive Game: Online with Kevin Mitnick Jonathan Littman Little, Brown and Company, 1997 - 416 pages average customer review:based on 59 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Excellent--cuts through the hype

Not only is the book riveting storytelling, it also gives one food for thought about some extremely important issues in todays society, namely privacy, Constitutional rights, and the future of the information society. Read it!

Excellent account of Mitnick story (Hackers point of view)

This book was quite good. Littman takes the same view point as many hackers would. If you've read TakeDown, this book views many faults in the Mitnick investigation that aren't talked about in that book. All in all, an excellent book that kicks TakeDown in the @$% !!!

an excellent counterpoint to "takedown"

If you've followed the Kevin Mitnick story since January '95, you probably think you're pretty well informed on the subject. If you've gone as far as to read "Takedown" by Tsutomu Shimomura and John Markoff, you probably think you know the whole story. I know i did. But then I read this book. Littman, with a truly unique insider's view of Kevin Mitnick's life on the run, presents the story from the other side of the fence. As with many things in life the story turns out to be a lot more complex and interesting than previously thought. Overall, the book is excellent and well written, and Littman raises some very insightful questions about the justice system and typical media coverage of network security issues. I found the last third of the book, the part which chronicles the period after Mitnick's capture, to be somewhat drawn out. I thought that section was a little repetitive, and could have been a lot shorter. Still, the book is an an excellent read, and anyone whose opinions about the Kevin Mitnick case are based on the media coverage and on "Takedown" owe it to themselves to read "The Fugitive Game".

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Finally an unbiased view of the hacking world

It's about time someone came out with an extremely well written book about the hackers mentality and underground life. Jon Littman did a wonderful job portraying Kevin's real goal, his strive to learn more information. Jon seems to capture this aspect, while making his deduction, through many hours of talk with Mitnick, very clear that 90% of all computer crime is not of malitious intent. I was very captivated by his true, down to earth tale of the government run amuk. Definately a must buy for anyone interested in an encapsulating read.

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