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On the Social Responsibility of Hackers A modern day Walden The Panel Bruce Potter – Moderator Simple Nomad J0hnny Long Rick Dakan Hackajar Why these guys? A diverse cross section of the hacker/security subculture Already familiar with a variety of charities The Structure 15 minutes per topic Expect the speakers to disagree If not, throw something Please participate Topic 1: What is a hacker? Haven’t we defined this already? Hacker vs. cracker Hacker as “technological explorer” Hacker as “evil attacker” Hacker as “person that gets loaded on every few months in various cities” Have things changed enough to require us to try and redefine hacker (or go back to an older definition)? What is the relationship between hackers, the “security community”, and academic security researchers? Topic 2: What positive activity has the hacker community had to date? Remember Hactivism? What are other organized attempts have their been to organize the hacker community to accomplish things? Do the “bad” things hackers have done outweigh the “good”? Or vice versa? Has the hacker community made a positive gain in the computer security field? Topic 3: Are there “greater goods” that are security related? Oversight over corp / gov’t Improvement in technology Resource for public awareness The union of technology and civil liberties Topic 4: What can the people in this room do to help achieve the greater good? Links Forensiclicensing.com Hackersforcharity.org (ihackcharities.org) Hackerfoundation.org Eff.org