Author Language English Publisher Tor Books | Country United States Published in Maps in a Mirror | |
Media type Print (Hardcover & Paperback) | ||
"Dogwalker" is a cyberpunk short story by Orson Scott Card. It appears in his short story collection Maps in a Mirror.
Plot summary
"Dogwalker" is the story of a man who cracks into a government database by logging in using a system administrator's password. He gets caught because he logged in correctly the first time while the administrator always deliberately failed his first log-in attempt and logged in correctly on his second try.
References
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