Phreaking Books

This book rule

I love this book, however if you're a know-it-all on computers and the internet in general, then maybe not for you. The strength of this manuscript comes in the form of teaching everyday users about the complexities of the computer world and what goes on behind the scenes. We all have to start somewhere to gain this type of information, and this is a fantastic book to begin down that path. Very highly recommended! Steal this computer book!!

Good overview of network security from a very social perspective. If you are looking for tools based methodology this book misses the mark.

If you are interested in social engineering and social trends of hacking, this is right on.

I felt the book started off fairly strong but started to decline as the focus went more and more into social impacts of hacktivism.

This book provides some pretty concise details for 370 pages. It's very pratical and entertaining to read. The writing style gives you a feeling of mysteriousness. However, the writer's insights are disputable; you may not agree with all of the comments he has on things. Of course that doesn't change the fact this book provides a lot of details on several internet topics one little book.

If you are looking to hack this book is for you. I found that visual basic is a good programming language. C++,Python,Java, and many more langs will have hacks. Its up to you to learn how to write them. You must learn the programming language before you start looking at hacking, because other wise you are wasting your time.Many hackers are self driven and want to create programs and discover flaws in programs. It is my personal experience that you will not find every thing you want to know from one book. If you are seriously into Networking and Security i sugeset learning from some one who will teach you and offers classes on it (this would be hands on learning) EcCouncil is a great reference and will teach you a lot.

It's not bad, it just too basic. For some reason I had the expectation that it would be a more deep book about hacking.

Any book out there with a subject like "Top Secret", "Top Secret Technology Exposed!", "How to hack into computers" is obviously going to be full of bogus/misleading information so dangerously inaccurate you will end up in the slammer for attempting methods it gives (example, it may give methods once attempted by terrorists or hackers that were busted). Or you may be brainwashed with with complete garbage (it would be like reading an X-files style book that tells you in the book are about real things/events/technology and gives bogus dates even when the subjects are completely fictional and events never happened). The book should be avoided like a plague...

This so-called manual might be compared with one of those superficial "anarchist cookbooks". The title promises more than the content offers. The author has apparently few skills in the field covered and offers little of valuable information to those in computer security or to the layman. William Haas