“All wrong” may even include trying to use white hats and
black hats to categorize individuals in the phreaking/cracking
community as either “good” or “evil.” More than one reader
wrote that if you are a part of the computer underworld, you are
part of it, period. I can see where they are coming from. Illegal
electronic breaking and entering or theft of services puts you in
that world — whether you do it for kicks, for money, or for
malicious intent is a side issue.”
“This week, I am going to retrace the steps I took in
researching the ISS piece and, wherever I can, show how I got it
wrong. I’m not attempting to dodge responsibility for being wrong;
I’m just trying to set the record straight now that I have more
information….”
“Originally, I read these attempts by Klaus to disassociate
himself from the cracking/phreaking community as evidence of the
purity of his soul. By now, I was so convinced that my original
take on Klaus had been wrong, I wrote that he “appears to have
always been on the side of the angels…didn’t hang out on an
‘elite’ BBS…didn’t sit on IRC and try to build a rep on
#hack….”