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Inside the community, a hacker (as opposed to "cracker" or "security hacker") is someone who uses technology in a creative way.
by Tepix 7y ago
Inside the community, a hacker (as opposed to "cracker" or "security hacker") is someone who uses technology in a creative way.
- fullstackchris 7y agoso what do we call undesirables like anonymous and so on?
- nuclearnice1 7y ago"cracker" or "security hacker"
- denni9th 7y ago"crackers" or "security hackers". I'm sure most people on this site would consider themselves to be some form of "hacker", after all, this is "Hacker News".
- hwdug8278 7y agoMy understanding of hacker is specifically someone who exploits vulnerabilities in code. Regular programmers are like building architects, hackers are like people holding up a mask so that the facial recognition powered NEST lock will let them inside the building.