4 Aug
1999
4 Aug
'99
5:42 p.m.
The term CRACKER is as old a the railroads, if not much
older than that: it was used in the 1800's (and to some
degree, this usage remains today) to refer to those
persons with a nack for entering a safe without permission!
Forget your history, and you are doomed to relive it!
William R. Buckley
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis(a)mcmanis.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: Difinition confirmation (please read)...
The term 'cracker' was created to denote people
who used their computer
skills to "crack" passwords, "crack" copy protection schemes on
software,
and then used that ill gotten information for fame and sometimes profit.
--Chuck