Presented at
THOTCON 0xB (2021) Rescheduled,
Oct. 9, 2021, 11 a.m.
(50 minutes)
The hacker world has changed a great deal since the early days, as has all of technology. But there are some things that remain constant, and that's why this community continues to flourish. Our spirit of inquisitiveness, mischief, and rebellion have never gone away - even as the world has changed so dramatically around us. But at the same time, the hacker community has matured in ways that probably would have shocked people "back in the day." While there still remains so much to be accomplished and improved upon, there is most definitely a direction we all seem to be heading in, a direction that values free speech, equal rights, and true justice for all. Emmanuel will share stories from both the early days and the present that demonstrate how hackers have always been society's conscience, as well as one of its greatest hopes for shaking things up and changing the rules.
Presenters:
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Emmanuel Goldstein
Emmanuel Goldstein directs the organization 2600 Enterprises, Inc., publishes a magazine called 2600: The Hacker Quarterly (which has associated monthly meet-ups around the world), and hosts the hacker convention Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE). In 1993, he testified before the United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on Telecommunications. He was questioned in relation to the content of 2600 as part of discussions concerning the Digital Telephony Bill; also known as the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act. He is the host of both the weekly radio programs Off the Hook on WBAI-FM and Off the Wall on WUSB-FM. While Off the Hook often includes a panel of guests and is frequently centered on technological topics, Off the Wall is usually narrated by himself and has covered a wide range of topics. Off the Hook has been on the air since 1988. He directed the 2001 film Freedom Downtime, a documentary about the incarcerations of Kevin Mitnick and Bernie S that also examines alleged distortions in mainstream media coverage of Mitnick's case.
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