Hackers, phreaks and cyberpunks

Frank Barber
10 min readNov 19, 2020

The Internet

“This, Jen, is the Internet”

No, not that Internet. The real thing. The mind-bogglingly complex technical layer of our reality that underlies almost everything we do today. Most devices that we use, and abuse, in our day to day lives are connected to this vast network. Smart-phones, PC’s, TV’s, gaming consoles, fridges, cars and the list goes on. Yet, we barely take a moment to ask ourselves how do all of these…

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Frank Barber

Wanderer, tinkerer, biker. Took a liking in computer systems from a very young age. Always tried to look at the bigger picture.