3 September 2026

Hacker ethics

HACKER ETHICS
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1. ACCESS TO COMPUTERS – AND ANYTHING WHICH MIGHT TEACH YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY THE WORLD WORKS – SHOULD BE UNLIMITED AND TOTAL.
   ALWAYS YIELD TO THE HANDS-ON IMPERATIVE.
2. ALL INFORMATION SHOULD BE FREE.
3. MISTRUST AUTHORITY – PROMOTE DECENTRALIZATION.
4. HACKERS SHOUDL BE JUDGED BY THEIR HACKING, NOT BOGUS CRITERIA SUCH AS DEGREES, AGE, RACE, OR POSITION.
5. YOU CAN CREATE ART AND BEAUTY ON A COMPUTER.
6. COMPUTERS CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOR THE BETTER.

Via Alireza Alami.

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