Hackers Profiling Project

HPP QUESTIONNAIRE - SECTION A

These data allow us to understand the hacker underground and, together with the relational data, to know its background. For our study's purposes these data are also useful because, if correlated with the technical ones, thanks to them we will understand better the hacker underground's motivations and modus operandi.

a) Sex

1) Sex:
Male
Female

b) Age

1) Age:

c) Residence

1) Country and place of residence

2) You live in a:
city (more than 500.000 inhabitants)
town (less then 500.000 inhabitants)
village

3) What is the distance of your dwelling from a big urban centre?
within a 5 Km radius
between 6 and 10 km
between 11 and 20 Km
more than 20 km

d) Socio-economic status:

1) What is your socio-economic status?
Low
Average-Low
Average-High
High

e) Studies:

1) Title of study (please, indicate the last):
Elementary school leaving-certificate
Primary school leaving-certificate
Secondary school leaving-certificate
University Degree
Beyond (master, PhD, specialization, etc.)

2) What kind of schools have you attended or what are you attending now? (It is possible to check more boxes)
Humanistic
Artistic
Scientific
Technical/IT

5a) Do (or did) you like attending school?
Yes
No

5b) If not, why? (It is possible to check more boxes)
Because it is (or was) not much stimulating
Because I do not (or did not) learn anything new
Teachers too rigid in following the program
Other

f) Working context:

1a) Do you have a job?
Yes
No

1b) If so, do you work in the IT sector?
Yes (Specify )
No

h) Religious faith:

1) Do you adhere to any religion?
Yes
No

j) Description of your personality:

1) Try to describe your personality.
happy
committed
depressed
curious
satisfied
equilibrated
unsatisfied
unscrupulous
anxious
extroverted
lazy
paranoid
manipulator
healthy
introverted
ingenuous
Other (Specify

2a) Have you ever felt you have more personalities?
Yes
No

l) Psycho-physiological conditions:

1a) Do you suffer or have you ever suffered from the following disorders? (It is possible to check more boxes)
Insomnia
Paranoia
Hallucination
Anxiety
Panic attacks
Other (specify

1b) If yes, do you think their appearance is linked to your hacking/phreaking activity?
Yes
No

m) Alcohol and/or drug addiction:

1a) Have you ever made misuse of alcohol substances?
Yes, in the past
Yes, still
No, never

1c) If yes, how much and what kind of alcohol substances have you made misuse of?

2a) Have you ever made use of drugs?
Yes, in the past
Yes, still
No, never

2c) If yes, how much and what kind of drug have you made use of?

3a) Have you ever felt addicted by some of the above substances?(more answers are possible)
Yes, by the alcohol substances
Yes, by the drugs (Specify )
No, never

3b) Have the use/misuse of these substances ever affected:

- your social life?
Yes
No

- your studying/working life
Yes
No

- your hacking/phreaking activity
Yes
No

3c) If yes, how?

n) Original family context:

1) Your parents are (or were):
Cohabiting/Married
Separated/Divorced

2a) What kind of job does (or did) your father do?

2b) What kind of job does (or did) your mother do

3a) Do (or did) you live in a serene original family environment?
Yes
No

3b) If not, explain why.

6a) Are (or were) your parents aware of your hacking/phreaking activity?
Yes
No

6b) If yes, in which way do they are (or were) towards your hacking/phreaking activity?
Permissive
Repressive

7b) Have you begun practising hacking/phreaking thanks to some mebers of your family?
Yes (specify No

7c)Are you (or have you been) the mentor of some member of your family?
Yes (specify No

o) Perception of esteem/respect/acceptance:

1) Do you feel esteemed/respected/accepted by:

- your parents
Yes
No

- your friends
Yes
No

- your acquaintances (in general)
Yes
No

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