Linus avoids describing himself as a hacker. He prefers to use the word programmer when speaking to journalists. The problem is the word has been hijacked to me

Linus avoids describing himself as a hacker. He prefers to use the word programmer when speaking to journalists. The problem is the word has been hijacked to mean something different by most media. In risk assessments the term ‘criminal hacker’ is often used to avoid ambiguity.