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https://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+hacking https://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+hacking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker https://en.wikipedia.o
by cowl 4y ago
https://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+hacking https://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+hacking
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker
"Reflecting the two types of hackers, there are two definitions of the word "hacker":
1. Originally, hacker simply meant advanced computer technology enthusiast (both hardware and software) and adherent of programming subculture; see hacker culture.[3]
2. Someone who is able to subvert computer security. If doing so for malicious purposes, the person can also be called a cracker.[4]
Today, mainstream usage of "hacker" mostly refers to computer criminals, due to the mass media usage of the word since the 1990s."
Fortunetly there is a trend to revert back to the non malicous meaning of the word. See you are commenting on a "Hacker" news site. See https://hackaday.com/ https://hackaday.com/
See even "DailyHacks" or "LifeHacks" in a social non technical setting, etc.
Hacking is simply fiddling with a system and making it do something that it was not designed to do.
- ZeroSolstice 4y agoYeah I understand the difference between the two which is why I mentioned them. Moving back to the non-malicious meaning seems like a moot point. The layperson doesn't care about the difference only the outcome. Which in most cases is they don't know you or have a business relationship with you and you are now accessing their system. If I was working within the pentester / security researcher space I would not be doing any work outside the bounds of an explicit contract/bug bounty program, etc as any access gained would be illegal access regardless of your "supposed" intentions. In my original comment I was looking for the OP to expand upon: "I have never in my life heard that hack comes with malicious intent" as that seemed odd given the books, movies and legal cases.