Famicoman Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 I am completely hooked on Hacker Documentaries ( Phreaking and Gaming are Also included). I found quite a few really good ones, which I will state now... BBS: A Documentary New York City Hackers Freedom Downtime Quakers: The Documentary Disinformation Unautorized Access The Code TLC Hackers: Computer Outlaws TLC Hackers: Outlaws & Angels My question is, are there any other monumental Documentaries I have missed, or even smaller ones that you would stll recomend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Toxie Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Well, it may not be exactly what you have in mind but PBS did a special call Triumph of the Nerds (skip 2.0, I didn't think it was that great) that tells the story of the Homebrew Computer Club, Apple, Microsoft, et all. It was a pretty good documentary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 BBS: A Documentary A chunk of that can be (legally) viewed in Infonomicon episode 3. The bit they showed just blew me away. It felt like a pure, honest documentary of the life and times of the BBSes, told by those that were doing it. Powerful stuff. Recommended! http://bbsdocumentary.com/ He requests $40 for a nice, printed and packaged set, but since the docu is released under Creative Commons you should be able to find a download link somewhere aswell (and it would be legal to use it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famicoman Posted October 23, 2006 Author Share Posted October 23, 2006 Yeah, its up for torrent, and I think he put it on archive.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 a-look-back-the-secret-history-of-hacking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobotChild Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 a-look-back-the-secret-history-of-hacking I remember watching that quite a few years back. It's quite good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Zaius Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 "In The Realm Of The Hackers" by Film Australia, tells the story of Electron and his various exploits during the early days of hacking. You already have listed "The Code" and even though it contains alot fo similar material I also would recommend watching "Revolution OS". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 "In The Realm Of The Hackers" by Film Australia, tells the story of Electron and his various exploits during the early days of hacking.You already have listed "The Code" and even though it contains alot fo similar material I also would recommend watching "Revolution OS". Revolution OS is a good one. There's also a documentary from Natonal Geographic which is named "hackers". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari6502 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 "You already have listed "The Code" and even though it contains alot fo similar material I also would recommend watching "Revolution OS". Richard Stallman cracks me up. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeGrijze Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Here you find the story of the Dutch hackers that found it the first Dutch InternetServiceProvider (XS4ALL). http://video.google.nl/videoplay?docid=-16...+hell&hl=nl Gerard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
404 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 "In The Realm Of The Hackers" by Film Australia, tells the story of Electron and his various exploits during the early days of hacking. I loved that one, anyone who was active in the cracking or hacking scene in the late 80's will get a kick out of the imagery in this documentary... I really liked this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
404 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Here you find the story of the Dutch hackers that found it the first Dutch InternetServiceProvider (XS4ALL). http://video.google.nl/videoplay?docid=-16...+hell&hl=nl Gerard Cool! You must aslo have the first Hack-Tic where they announce the start-up of XS4ALL? A crappy photocopied ad for one of Holland's best and biggest providers :D Do you know if I can download the recently broadcasted interview with Rop Gongrgrijp? (Half jaar geleden denk ik ongeveer uitgezonden?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeGrijze Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Cool! You must aslo have the first Hack-Tic where they announce the start-up of XS4ALL? A crappy photocopied ad for one of Holland's best and biggest providers :D Let me tell you I realy do have the first Hack-Tic booklet. Do you know if I can download the recently broadcasted interview with Rop Gongrgrijp? (Half jaar geleden denk ik ongeveer uitgezonden?) Ik weet deze zo 1-2-3 wel te vinden, (Dutch spoken) http://video.google.nl/videoplay?docid=-27...amp;q=Gonggrijp en deze (Englisch spoken) http://video.google.nl/videoplay?docid=-37...amp;q=Gonggrijp Gerard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLSS Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 i still have a documantary about hackers aired on national geographic , i recorded it 3 or 4 years back with my crappy capture card so dont expect too high quality , buty i'll try and rar and upload it .... (its english but has dutch subtitles) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famicoman Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share Posted October 24, 2006 i still have a documantary about hackers aired on national geographic , i recorded it 3 or 4 years back with my crappy capture card so dont expect too high quality , buty i'll try and rar and upload it ....(its english but has dutch subtitles) Cool, thanks. a-look-back-the-secret-history-of-hacking Thats a straight up rip of one of the TLC documentaries. I'll also look into the other ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famicoman Posted November 15, 2006 Author Share Posted November 15, 2006 i still have a documantary about hackers aired on national geographic , i recorded it 3 or 4 years back with my crappy capture card so dont expect too high quality , buty i'll try and rar and upload it ....(its english but has dutch subtitles) Still Looking for this one if you have it. I've googled the hell out of it with no progress. Only versions in French. I'd even settle for English Subtitles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pseudobreed Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Here are some old videos about phreaking (I would like to think there are still some old school people into this... and red boxing still works in some places) http://www.phreakvids.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Loved the idea of phreaking when I was a kid, but the txt's I downloaded and aquired on floppy disks never worked on the UK phone system. What would be really cool is to interview some phone enginers about this, see what the other side of the argument was about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLSS Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 i still have a documantary about hackers aired on national geographic , i recorded it 3 or 4 years back with my crappy capture card so dont expect too high quality , buty i'll try and rar and upload it ....(its english but has dutch subtitles) Still Looking for this one if you have it. I've googled the hell out of it with no progress. Only versions in French. I'd even settle for English Subtitles. yeah sorry bout that , i recorded it in mpeg2 back in the day and seem not to b able to make it a good divx , the size is huge -> 795 MB and it seems that wont fit on my biggest ftp server ... i'll have to w8 till the next lan and ask destination to put it on his , unless u have a huge ftp or any idea to make it smaller ... (i dont think UHARC will have enough effect ...) o and on forehand , i hope u've got bsplayer cos vlc makes the sound jittery and wmv is just weird sometimes it completely f*cks up and stretches the movie, brings the sound out of sinc and plays the movie at high speed , and sometimes its just fine ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famicoman Posted November 16, 2006 Author Share Posted November 16, 2006 Perhaps torrent? Or upload to google video? I don't know if they take Mpeg2, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartain X Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 i remember a defcon documentary called "confessions of a hacker" i found it on youtube ill try to upload it soon or find the link but it's pretty interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red-badger Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 I caught a documentary on National Geographic about 3-4 years back. It was called something along the lines of 'Catch A Little Fish:Cyberwars', it was based around some Chinese hackers (I think). It was an excellent documentary, I tried to get a hold of a copy from NG but to no avail. Anyone ever see it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLSS Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 I caught a documentary on National Geographic about 3-4 years back. It was called something along the lines of 'Catch A Little Fish:Cyberwars', it was based around some Chinese hackers (I think). It was an excellent documentary, I tried to get a hold of a copy from NG but to no avail. Anyone ever see it? the one i have was aired 1 week before that one and then once again in te weekend right before that one lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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