Eddie Awad’s Blog - Latest Comments in links for 2007-01-05

Re: links for 2007-01-05

Eddie Awad — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:24:58 -0000

You're right Pete, and the following sums it up nicely:

There is another group of people who loudly call themselves hackers, but aren't. These are people (mainly adolescent males) who get a kick out of breaking into computers and phreaking the phone system. Real hackers call these people â€˜crackersâ€™ and want nothing to do with them. Real hackers mostly think crackers are lazy, irresponsible, and not very bright, and object that being able to break security doesn't make you a hacker any more than being able to hotwire cars makes you an automotive engineer. Unfortunately, many journalists and writers have been fooled into using the word â€˜hackerâ€™ to describe crackers; this irritates real hackers no end.

The basic difference is this: hackers build things, crackers break them.

Re: links for 2007-01-05

Pete Finnigan — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:28:36 -0000

Eddie,

the link how to become a hacker is not security but about the old meaning of the word hacker, i.e. a skilled programmer.

cheers

Pete

Re: links for 2007-01-05

Jared Braverman — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 06:01:50 -0000

Check out my blog about how easy it is for LinkedIn users to get hacked, and the security risks to using MegaUpload.com

real1hackers.blogspot.com