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We need a Change. Hacker should never mean a Cracker. Cracking is illegal and brings a Negative Connotation. The Media still uses & refers Hackers for Cracker
by pajju 12y ago
We need a Change.
Hacker should never mean a Cracker.
Cracking is illegal and brings a Negative Connotation. The Media still uses & refers Hackers for Crackers too. Why so?
Hacker word should bring a Positive Connotation. Hackers are the change makers: Working on Good & Great things.
There was a Change.org Petition: Asking media Companies NOT to use 'Hacker' when they mean 'Cracker'
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7838663 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7838663
What can we do to bring a change? Please share you Ideas. Let's do something.
- unimpressive 12y ago'Cracker' is an invented term. Like most invented linguistics, it didn't catch on, and it never will. By contrast 'phreaker' fits the bill in many aspects. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phreaker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phreaker Of course a lot of the time we're just referring to common criminals who know how to download software off of some 'warez' BBS and use it for bank and credit fraud. I don't know what to call those people, but even 'cracker' gives them too much credit.
- qbrass 12y ago>I don't know what to call those people, but even 'cracker' gives them too much credit. Script kiddie.
- qbrass 12y agoI hate the Star Wars analogy, but it's easiest to explain. The Force = Hacking Force User = Hacker Sith = Cracker Jedi = ??? At least black hat/white hat gave a term to both sides, even if it misses a lot of gray area.