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the history of hacking (via phone, computer, and numerous other hackable devices). I only wish I had picked it up sooner. I was familiar with the story of Kevin Mitnick when The Art of Deception was released, but thoroughly enjoyed reading about the story as it progressed from hacker perspectives. This was the first time I realized how much fun reading hacker stories can be. A small group of friends and I began exploring the networks and Linux during high school while working on the help desk supporting Windows 2000 and Exchange Server. The closest thing I ever did to hacking was using Knoppix to pull Sam files from Windows XP directories and then using l0phtcrack and SAMinside to obtain admin passwords (not “hacking” so much, but educational). Some of this was necessary and appropriate, but some of it was also for fun and we were lucky the IT teacher never caught on. I recently ordered and began reading Dear Hacker and am loving the letters to the editor. Lastly, I wanted to express how much I love reading the 2600 on my Kindle and will continue to subscribe to the ebook. Its 1:22 am ET on April 1st and I've been waiting and hoping the new 2600 syncs down to Kindle before I'm off to bed. Please keep up the great work.

MyOwnMinerva

We find it’s always worth the effort to try and explain the concept of hacking to people. We often underestimate their ability to “get it.” Be assured that those who wish to demonize us will not hesitate to instill fear in as many people as they can find. We need to do whatever we can to provide the antidote to this.

Dear 2600:

What exactly happened to the website? Its 8 pm on a Friday and I just realized I missed this week's broadcast of Off The Wall. I went to the 2600 home page to download the mp3 to find that www.2600.com has a “seized” notice up. I am not sure why this happened, but I know that the feds are always out to get you. I noticed a tweet about the "Contents of Sarah Palin email hack obtained by 2600 " and also noticed that post is no longer up (even though I can get to other pages on the site - just not the home page). I just finished reading the Spring 2011 edition of 2600 and hope all is well.

MyOwnMinerva

Dear 2600:

Fuck! Just realized it’s April Fool's day. I'm the fool. Well played, 2600.

MyOwnMinerva

Until next year....

Dear 2600:

Do you care if I create a “ 2600 United States” LinkedIn group? The group will be max privacy and accept invitations from anyone who applies. What do you think?

fives

We generally are open to such ideas, but we like to know what the goals are, how it will be maintained and protected, what the benefit to the community will be, how it will tie to the magazine, etc.

Dear 2600:

I wanted to subscribe to 2600, but I didn't want to send a check or money order. Can I send cash?

Eric

You can, but it’s always risky.

Dear 2600:

Every once in a while, I'll notice someone has a 2600 email address, like johndoe@2600.com. My question is how does one get one. I’ve been on and off reading 2600 for a long time and think it would be outright cool to have one. Is there some kind of epic feat one must do? A secret ritual at a lodge in upstate New York? Or a "beat in" like they have with the Crips and the Bloods? But, really, I unabashedly want one for my handle. Never hurts to ask, right?

Frank

We hope the answer doesn’t hurt, either. 2600.com addresses aren’t something we give out, except to people working on specific projects involving the magazine. There are some older accounts that predate this policy but they’ve been grandfathered in.

Wikileaks

Dear 2600:

Wanna hear something funny?

The law firm that is prosecuting "GeoHot" for his Sony PS3 jailbreak is Kilpatrick, Stockton (KS). In 2009, KS was the largest intellectual property law firm in the U.S., and maybe the world, so they are definitely Empire and not Jedi.

Anyway, I was watching tweets come across this morning and one said, basically, “Sweden’s Assange-attack-lawyer is from the U.S.!” The lawyer’s name was given as “Nils Vastberg”