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You’re mistaking the original term hacker, a tinkerer of systems, for the black hat variety.
by toobulkeh 3mo ago
You’re mistaking the original term hacker, a tinkerer of systems, for the black hat variety.
- drekipus 3mo agoThere is no real difference
- usefulcat 3mo agoIt’s true that the meanings of words can change over time. Whether or not that’s a good thing is another question entirely.
- collingreen 3mo agoYes there is. Care to elaborate on your side or should we just leave it there?
- zem 3mo agothere is, the original hackers built thinks, they didn't attempt to destroy or coopt them
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- anigbrowl 3mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_box https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_box
- eimrine 3mo agoI suppose his point was that the both parties are black hats.
- tancop 3mo agoblack and white hat is relative. someone breaking into a state run database in a dictatorship and stealing documents that prove some opposition leader was murdered would be a black hat criminal if you ask their government. a hacker jailbreaking a phone to let people fix it without expensive official service is a black hat to the company. we should really switch to saying offensive and defensive or something else that doesnt come with moral implications. maybe lawful and chaotic.
- vasco 3mo agoWhat true hackers really did was discuss the definition of the word and how to use it
- dualvariable 3mo agoHackers didn't use to spend a lot of time defending trillion-dollar corporations and their intellectual property rights.