Section III: Privacy
Chapter 13: Encryption
The Internet is a bad place for people who like their privacy.
However, there are ways to solve this problem. We show why and
how to use PGP and Secure Shell both with Windows and Linux.
We show how they can be defeated and what precautions you can
take to make PGP and Secure Shell more secure.
Chapter 14: Web Browsing Privacy
How do you keep web sites from learning anything about you?
How do you eradicate evidence of where you have browsed from
your own computer? We show how.
Chapter 15: The Myth of Private Email
Supposedly anonymous mail services such as Hotmail and Juno
are popular - and no good for privacy. We show why.
Section IV: How to Be a Hacker Hero
Chapter 16: Hacker Wars on Instant Messenger, ICQ and IRC
Most teen and young adult readers use Internet chat services.
These have become war grounds. ICQ in particular makes your computer
vulnerable to being hacked. All these services are vulnerable
to war programs that can ruin your chats. This chapter shows
how to defend against chat warriors.
Chapter 17: How to Be a Hacker Hero at School
Young people tell their stories of how they used their hacker
talents to persuade their teachers to put them in charge of their
school networks. The power and prestige can be awesome!
Chapter 18: How to Explore the Internet
Teenagers get a kick out of telling someone they meet on IRC
or ICQ that they know what city they live in. This chapter shows
how to practically x-ray the Internet both from Windows and Linux.
This knowledge lays the foundation for the following vigilante
chapters.
Chapter 19: How to Fight Spam
Getting to be an Internet vigilante is one of the great enticements
of hacking. We show the reader how to put spammers out of business
-- legally.
Chapter 20: Fight Back against Computer Criminals
Who wants to just passively firewall off computer criminals?
Not you hackers! This chapter shows legal, fun ways to make the
lives of computer criminals miserable. It concludes with how
to report computer crime and make it easier for cybersleuths
to gather forensic evidence
