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In all fairness, the word gets used in many ways. Further down the HN front page there's a story "VeriSign Hit by Hackers." They don't mean that VeriSign was
by dbecker 15y ago
In all fairness, the word gets used in many ways. Further down the HN front page there's a story "VeriSign Hit by Hackers."
They don't mean that VeriSign was hit by people who built cool software over the weekend.
Reuters is a major news organization, and they should know the definition as Zuckerberg is using it... especially since he explains it in the quote. But they aren't making up a new definition out of thin air.
- clhodapp 15y agoI note that that story also comes from Reuters. However, it is clear that the definition they are using is an established one. You can tell because our response when the word "hacker" is used that way is "You shouldn't use the word 'hacker' that way. Our definition is older", as opposed to "That's a bizarre and wrong usage of the word 'hacker'".