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Excellent. Although I'm not sure the correct word here is "hacking". Law and government should stop using the word to mean "any adept use of computer knowledge
by dalek_cannes 13y ago
Excellent.
Although I'm not sure the correct word here is "hacking". Law and government should stop using the word to mean "any adept use of computer knowledge or skills that result in undesirable effects for some party". That could be used to accuse anyone with a computer and an opinion. There needs to be a proper legal definition (similar to how we distinguish between degrees of murder, manslaughter and involuntary homicide).
- a3n 13y agoThat ship has sailed. We should pick another word.
- tripzilch 13y agoI always compare hacking in that sense to magic tricks: As soon as you know the trick, it's hard to still consider it "magic". Compare "They just used the Windows Remote Access feature/You just changed the document_id part of the URL" to "You just dropped that coin in your pocket". The line between "hacking" and "expected behaviour" can get very blurry, the more knowledgeable a person is. And in the end, like with magic tricks vs con men, it's the intent that makes it right or wrong (IMO).