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Some people think Kevin Mitnick is a hero and others see him as a criminal. After reading his story (see link on the right), what do you think? What is he doing now?

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In my opinion, Kevin's motive behind hacking was more of an addiction and intellectual curiosity rather than for any personal financial motive or other criminal actions, such as theft, misuse of data, etc. Although his hacking efforts are still a violation of the law and cannot be termed as heroic because he never obtained ...

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