When liberal and fringe media want to feel good about hacking and cracking they start invok-ing images of the hacker as a do-gooder David against a military/industrial Goliath. This myth of the hacker, based on the "parity of power" theme discussed above can bring comfort to those of us who are paranoid about megacorporate and gov-ernment big brothers. However over-romanticized this myth is, there is comfort to be found in the knowledge that individuals can penetrate even the most behemoth systems. If big brother gets too big for his
britches, "Davidian" (?) hackers are standing by to do some necessary tailoring.
