Comments on: Hacker: The ‘Correct Meaning’ – And Why its Wrong http://www.bin-co.com/blog/2007/11/hacker-the-correct-meaning-and-why-its-wrong/ Learn about the latest in Web Development - as soon as I do. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:31:12 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Optimus http://www.bin-co.com/blog/2007/11/hacker-the-correct-meaning-and-why-its-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-1748 Optimus Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:48:12 +0000 http://www.bin-co.com/blog/2007/11/hacker-the-correct-meaning-and-why-its-wrong/#comment-1748 Yep, the hacker/cracker distinction is misleading in my opinion. And to add that they forget their was already another use for the term "cracker" in the computer world, that one of the software crackers (breaking copy protection schemes in commercial software, etc). So using the term "cracker" to denote the bad guys is deteriorating for the software cracking scene. What means a "good" hacker and a "bad" hacker anyway? Some people used the hacker/cracker distinction to actually say: hackers = hobbyist programmers and computer pioneers (that have nothing to do with security breaking), crackers = security breakers. While others understand: hackers = "good" security breakers, crackers = "bad" security breakers. Misleading. Some people break into servers and do silly pranks to feel like leet, supposedly for the "good" reasons (which is subjective) and when you confront them they tell you they are hackers not crackers. Misleading and stupid. Afteralls nobody ever says "Someone just cracked into my account" and when you use the word "hacker" in 99% of the cases you mean the popular notion and not that of a computer programmer. The creative computer programmers don't call hackers themselves anymore. The H-word has died for me. Yep, the hacker/cracker distinction is misleading in my opinion. And to add that they forget their was already another use for the term “cracker” in the computer world, that one of the software crackers (breaking copy protection schemes in commercial software, etc). So using the term “cracker” to denote the bad guys is deteriorating for the software cracking scene.

What means a “good” hacker and a “bad” hacker anyway? Some people used the hacker/cracker distinction to actually say: hackers = hobbyist programmers and computer pioneers (that have nothing to do with security breaking), crackers = security breakers. While others understand: hackers = “good” security breakers, crackers = “bad” security breakers. Misleading. Some people break into servers and do silly pranks to feel like leet, supposedly for the “good” reasons (which is subjective) and when you confront them they tell you they are hackers not crackers. Misleading and stupid.

Afteralls nobody ever says “Someone just cracked into my account” and when you use the word “hacker” in 99% of the cases you mean the popular notion and not that of a computer programmer. The creative computer programmers don’t call hackers themselves anymore.

The H-word has died for me.

]]> By: rambhai http://www.bin-co.com/blog/2007/11/hacker-the-correct-meaning-and-why-its-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-293 rambhai Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:38:26 +0000 http://www.bin-co.com/blog/2007/11/hacker-the-correct-meaning-and-why-its-wrong/#comment-293 well there are also different types of hacker red ,blue, white~~~also a hacker is a person who identifies the flaw and then tells everyone that~~~ so hackers are good~~and COOL~~~thats what i learned at clubhack well there are also different types of hacker red ,blue, white~~~also a hacker is a person who identifies the flaw and then tells everyone that~~~ so hackers are good~~and COOL~~~thats what i learned at clubhack

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