yes. Words are defined by their usage... even if the original meaning was different (or even opposite) to to current usage. "Hacker" has come to primarily mean

yes. Words are defined by their usage... even if the original meaning was different (or even opposite) to to current usage. "Hacker" has come to primarily mean #1 ... only a small subset of technical people and academics still use it like #2. Similar to the way "Begs the question" has changed in the last few years to mean "directly leads to us asking".