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Not to me, it isn't.

• wavefunction 11y ago
  Perhaps you'd care to expound? I suspect you hold this opinion due to your age, though I can't be sure as I don't have much to go off of. Hacking to my understanding is exploring a system of rules, learning them inside and out and using those rules in expected and unexpected ways to control the system to your own desired effect, which may be constructive or destructive in nature. I grew up during a time when individuals were doing this with the phone system and computers and other technologies and this included understanding and utilizing social dynamics and interaction to achieve a desired effect, usually gaining access to information that could be leveraged towards further hacking.
  • jonnybgood 11y ago
    No different than a con artist. It seems to me when techies do conning they call it social engineering. In other words, a social engineer is a techie con artist.
    • wavefunction 11y ago
      Here's the thing about a con artist, "there's no cheatin an honest man"
      • js8 11y ago
        That's very much untrue, and it's probably used as self-justification. You can exploit honest people too, and people do it a lot. And I also take issue with term hacking meaning guessing the password or obtaining it with social engineering or con art.
  • moheeb 11y ago
    Hacking, to me, refers to modifying hardware or software. Actually having to deal with people would most certainly not be considered hacking, under my definition.