Hackers are not bad. The term 'Hacker' has been associated with wrong things because of the thin knowledge blanket of the people who know nothing about technology.
It is not the hackers who are bad. They use their knowledge to innovate and find vulnerabilities. They are the pillars of innovation. Don't forget that all the tech giants of today started as hackers. Be it Jobs, Woz or Gates, all started as hackers. Steve Wozniak once while hacking some hardware, made a device that could make free international calls. Was he a criminal? No, he wasn't. He turned out to be the man who revolutionized the computer industry by making the world's first Personal-Computer. If we all have PCs today, then its because of the two hackers, Jobs and Woz. Would it have been possible for them to make PCs, had they not been hackers? Not at all. These college drop-outs gained all the knowledge from hardware hacking.
Crackers (Black Hat Hackers) are the bad people. They are the ones who use their knowledge to gain access to computers and steal data. They are the criminals, hackers aren't.
Today, because of few bad people (black hat hackers - crackers) the whole hacker community (white hat hackers, to be precise) is getting a bad name. Hackers are not bad. If there were no hackers then today the technology we are using wouldn't be so advanced. We owe a lot to the hacker community. They are the ones who keep the innovation going, fight for our rights to free speech and expression of views. They are the creators and saviors of the modern world.
Hacking is right when it is done to gain knowledge and for exposing the truth, but it is bad when it's done to earn money, for some gain or to harm an individual or a community.
Learn to differentiate between hackers and crackers. You should know who your friends and enemies are.
Hackers = Good People. Crackers = Not Good PeopleIt is not the hackers who are bad. They use their knowledge to innovate and find vulnerabilities. They are the pillars of innovation. Don't forget that all the tech giants of today started as hackers. Be it Jobs, Woz or Gates, all started as hackers. Steve Wozniak once while hacking some hardware, made a device that could make free international calls. Was he a criminal? No, he wasn't. He turned out to be the man who revolutionized the computer industry by making the world's first Personal-Computer. If we all have PCs today, then its because of the two hackers, Jobs and Woz. Would it have been possible for them to make PCs, had they not been hackers? Not at all. These college drop-outs gained all the knowledge from hardware hacking.
Crackers (Black Hat Hackers) are the bad people. They are the ones who use their knowledge to gain access to computers and steal data. They are the criminals, hackers aren't.
Today, because of few bad people (black hat hackers - crackers) the whole hacker community (white hat hackers, to be precise) is getting a bad name. Hackers are not bad. If there were no hackers then today the technology we are using wouldn't be so advanced. We owe a lot to the hacker community. They are the ones who keep the innovation going, fight for our rights to free speech and expression of views. They are the creators and saviors of the modern world.
Hacking is right when it is done to gain knowledge and for exposing the truth, but it is bad when it's done to earn money, for some gain or to harm an individual or a community.
Learn to differentiate between hackers and crackers. You should know who your friends and enemies are.
Keep hacking, keep learning.
- HD
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