There was a movement around 2000 to define hackers as the good guys and crackers the bad guys who break into computer systems and cause damage. I believe that m

There was a movement around 2000 to define hackers as the good guys and crackers the bad guys who break into computer systems and cause damage. I believe that movement failed. A cracker, to me, is someone who breaks software protection. A hacker can be good or bad, and that makes the word more fun.