“If ever a book on cyberculture wore a fedora and trench coat and leaned against a lamppost on a foggy street, this is the one. It is an unabashed look at the dark side of the Net—the stuff many other books gloss over. It’s hard-edged, wisecracking, and often quite cynical as it pours over the reality of online scams, illegal activities, and simple annoyances.”

—Amazon.com editorial review

“If this book had a soundtrack, it’d be Lou Reed’s ‘Walk on the Wild Side.’”

—InfoWorld

“A documentary tour into sourcing information, defeating Internet filters, banned books & web pages, hactivism, hate groups, hackers, viruses, con games, and a whole bunch of other things that should make you squirm if you’ve got a heartbeat and a little paranoia.”

—The Inquirer

“A provocative look at the ways the Internet can be used, misused, and abused”

—Security Management Online

“This book has some of the best information about protecting yourself, your family and your computer from illegal or malicious acts perpetrated electronically . . . it is almost as compelling as a good novel.”

—kickstartnews.com

“A technology classic that is as entertaining and irreverent as it is informative”

—MacDirectory

“A terrific guide to the world of hacking, cracking and malware”

—Software Developer (SD) Times

“I found the book fascinating, at times almost addicting.”

—MacCompanion

“A quirky, colorful tour of the anti-social side of the Internet”

—Unix Review

“A delightfully irresponsible primer "

—Chicago Tribune

“This book is not going to make a lot of people very happy—and it’s going to make a lot of others very nervous.”

—Houston Chronicle

“If you’re smart, and you work on the Internet, you’ll get [Steal This Computer Book] before that teen-aged computer geek down the block does.”

—The Sarasota Herald-Tribune