# Stalking the Wily Hacker by Cliff Stoll

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Stalking the Wily Hacker by Cliff Stoll and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as an enjoyable, fun story of tracking a computer intruder, and one that got some readers into computers.

## Why people recommend it

- Enjoyable, fun to watch or read (4 comments): "A thoroughly enjoyable watch - he's a natural disrupter." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49450943)) "Fantastic book, great story, awesome memories." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49415622)) "this talk made me very happy" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49453116))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cuckoo-s-egg.md): 40 recommend
- [Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amusing-ourselves-to-death.md): 36 recommend
- [The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt](https://hackerapproved.com/p/anxious-generation.md): 24 recommend
- [Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bullshit-jobs.md): 20 recommend
- [Enshittification by Cory Doctorow](https://hackerapproved.com/p/enshittification.md): 19 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Stalking the Wily Hacker by Cliff Stoll", https://hackerapproved.com/p/stalking-the-wily-hacker/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).