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"prosecutors claim that he then used teachers’ passwords to hack into computers and change his test scores" is it really hacking if you have the password?
by PStamatiou 18y ago
"prosecutors claim that he then used teachers’ passwords to hack into computers and change his test scores"
is it really hacking if you have the password?
- nertzy 18y agoA lot of people would consider social engineering part of hacking. Either way, a hacker doesn't feel the artificial limitation of rules. He had a mission to complete, and he had the passwords to help him complete it, so he took the simple path. Sounds like a hacker to me. That said, the punishment does not fit the crime.