--Introduction For my bachelor thesis I am doing research into the hacker subculture and I was wondering if you wouldn’t mind answering a few questions about yourself, about hackers and hacking. Some of the questions below might be considered rather personal, however, don’t hesitate to answer them. All information that you provide in this questionnaire will be kept completely anonymous. You won’t be asked for your name at any time. Please fill out all the questions and return this questionnaire to Paris2K@awarenetwork.org 1. About yourself 1. Are you male or female? ……………………………………… 2. How old are you? ……………………………………… 3. Are you currently in a relationship? ……………………………………… 4. Do you consider yourself to have little friends / a normal amount of friends / a lot of friends? ……………………………………… 2. About Hackers 5. Could you describe, in a few sentences, what a hacker is, by your definition? ……………………………………… 6. Could you describe in a few sentences, what a script kiddie is? ……………………………………… 7. Could you describe in a few sentences what the difference is between a white hat and a black hat? ……………………………………… 8. Is there a difference between hackers and crackers? If so, could you explain the difference? ……………………………………… 3. About Hacking 9. Have you ever done anything, in terms of hacking, that might have been against the law? If so, did you feel that what you did was a bad thing? ……………………………………… 10. Do you live by a hacker code or a set of hacker ethics? If so, could you explain the main “rules” of this ethic? ……………………………………… 11. Do hackers write Trojans? ……………………………………… 12. Do hackers write viruses? ……………………………………… 13. Do hackers perform (distributed) denial of service attacks? ……………………………………… 14. Do hackers steal credit cards numbers? ……………………………………… 15. Do hackers deface websites? ……………………………………… Hackers in the Media 16. Could you describe how hackers are portrayed in the general media? ……………………………………… 17. Do you feel the general media show a correct image of what hackers are? ……………………………………… Thank You! Thank you very much for taking the time to fill out this questionnaire. Please make sure you send it to Paris2K@awarenetwork.org If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me.