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I 100% agree that hackers should be judged by his/her hacking. On the other hand, I found that many people consider me wrong when I judge a hacker by his/her h
by sanxiyn 9y ago
I 100% agree that hackers should be judged by his/her hacking.
On the other hand, I found that many people consider me wrong when I judge a hacker by his/her hacking when he/she is accused of sexual abuse. But apparently they are okay with someone accused of IP crime.
- mcphage 9y ago> I found that many people consider me wrong when I judge a hacker by his/her hacking when he/she is accused of sexual abuse. But apparently they are okay with someone accused of IP crime. Yup! Why do you suppose that might be?
- petercooper 9y agoSexual abuse and IP crime are very different in terms of their stigma, and rightly so, in my opinion, so I don't see what's surprising about your final paragraph.
- sanxiyn 9y agoSurprising part is that even on HN people disagree with "hackers should be judged by his/her hacking".
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- chooseaname 9y agoYou're not actually equating sex crimes and IP theft are you?
- kazinator 9y agoYou can separately judge the abuse or the hacking. If you judge the person as such (that entity which you're calling "the hacker"), then, though both are part of the person, the abuse is more relevant than the hacking. At least, I would guess, in most people's estimation. Referring to that person using the noun phrase "the hacker" rather than "the abuser" doesn't make the hacking a more relevant measure of the person.