The best of 2600
a hacker odyssey
by Emmanuel Goldstein · first published 2008
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Since 1984, the quarterly magazine 2600 has provided fascinating articles for readers who are curious about technology. Find the best of the magazine's writing in Best of 2600: A Hacker Odyssey, a collection of the strongest, most interesting, and often most controversial articles covering 24 years of changes in technology, all from a hacker's perspective. Included are stories about the creation of the infamous tone dialer "red box" that allowed hackers to make free phone calls from payphones, the founding of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the insecurity of modern locks.
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Nice article! If you're nostalgic for the magazine, definitely check out the Best of 2600 anthology that came out a few years ago: http://www.amazon.com/The-Best-2600-Hacker-Odyssey/dp/047029... It's huge and loaded with tons of classic articles from the magazine. I can also heartily recommend…
on “A Print Magazine for Hackers” ↗…humans are to a system. You can have high tech security equiptment and all it takes is someone to go dumpster diving or appeal to another person's human nature. I didn't finish it, but I enjoyed The Best of 2600. It's a collection of the old 2600 magazine. Lots of cool older stories in there.
on “Ask HN: Favorite computer science, software engineering papers and essays” ↗…Control, and Defensive Tactics. Maybe if you want to start reading more, you can pick shorter material. If you like technology and nostalgia/unoffical history, then you might like the articles in The Best of 2600.
on “Ask HN: How much do you read and what do you get from it?” ↗Lots of similar stuff in the book The Best of 2600
on “Why radio receivers won’t tune 800-900 MHz” ↗