Originally posted here by zigar
hmmm...i've always been under the impression that cracking was more along the lines of cracking was what you did to progs...hacking was what you did to computers, systems...

is not so...???...
NO, is not so


1) Original use of those terms:

- hacker: some1 who knows a lot about computers, and knows holes in systems, is able to explore them
- cracker: some1 who does malicious things, like defacing websites...
- software cracker: some1 who cracks software, makes keys for software, etc...


2) Today many ppl use the terms wrong:

for them:
- cracker = hacker
- cracker = software cracker