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The Failed Attempt to Rebrand the Word 'Hacker'
- ourmandave 11y agoDon't we say black hat / white hat now?
- chatmasta 11y agoWhy does there need to be a distinction? How about "good people" vs "bad people"
- ourmandave 11y agoThey're kind of self labeling. https://www.blackhat.com/us-15/ https://www.blackhat.com/us-15/ https://www.whitehatsec.com/categories/events/hat.com/us-15/ https://www.whitehatsec.com/categories/events/hat.com/us-15/
- ild 11y ago"Cracker" has nothing to do with what article describes,or what Stallman, Raymond and others want it to mean. "Cracker" has very technical definition: subclass of hackers, who is involved only in removing of copy protection in commercial software and making keygens; "crackers" are the original creators of the demoscene, because cracks often included visual/sound effects; also the industry of reverse engineering has roots in cracking.