10 Warning Signs That Your Kid May Be a Hacker
- Your phone bill lists 1,987 household lines.
- Your kid tells you that his private interview with the Secret Service
agent was for a social studies class essay.
- You receive mail addressed to Phil E. Phreak.
- The kid cheers Lex Luthor whenever a Superman movie runs on TV.
- The CEO of a regional Bell operating company appears on your doorstep,
sobbing
uncontrollably and begging forgiveness.
- You find a copy of Phrack magazine hidden under the underwear in your
son's bedroom
dresser. (The Playboy magazine is next to the handheld scanner, of
course.)
- The kid asks for a Novell Access Server for his birthday.
- The little silver-colored wheel on your electric meter spins so fast
it flies off, slices your
neighbor's elm tree neatly in two and flattens a tire on a Chevy
Monte Carlo three blocks
away.
- Your son's English teacher calls, sounding really curious, to ask why
the kid selected the
Oklahoma City phone directory for his monthly book report.
- He names Robert Morris Jr. as his "Most Admired American."
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