Are you a Hacker?

Unless being a newbie here i think AO is or has become throughout time a hacker´s site.
I also think there absolutely nothing wrong with this.

For me personally, i´d like to see this site as a great opportunity to learn a lot.
The ethics of hacking is , i believe, also the responsability of every single person.
Unfortunately there persons who mean it positive and also those who have malicious
interests.

Greetz

can i just put in some of my personal feelings. for those of you who voted i have no opinion in this, what are you doing in this site?

i am a person who believes that in some point, AO has become a hacking site, but it seems to change daily. for instace. i can ask or tell peope how to change an xp cd key and i will get negged for it because people classify this as hacking. then the next day possitives come in saying this is a useful post ect.

it all comes down to people, the only thing predictable about a human being, is their unpredictablilty.

TN123

Hackers are on a quest, they belive that information should be free. CRACKERS commit acts of violence toward other companys for fun. hackers were the real ones the internet. he have a lot to thank for because of hackers. but crackers ruined that image.

I've been called a hacker on several occasions by friends, family, teachers, collegues, and even complete strangers. I am filled with an immense amount of pride when I hear this. While I do not feel that I am a hacker, I do strive to become one. Being referred to as a hacker in the computer community, in my opinion, is the greatest amount of respect you can give a person, however coming from those outside the computer community, it usually means they suspect you of something, or figure you're breaking the law. It's nothing more than misconception, and a misunderstanding, and I don't think that society will ever get the term right, and it's just something we'll have to live with.

just another stereotype that leads to more stereotypes.. terms like hacker, cracker, sript kiddie, and so on are just giving smart intelligent people who know how to use computers a bad name... terms like that give people the wrong impression of a person who knows to use a computer well... rather than: "that person is really smart, i never knew a computer could do that" it turns out something like this: "oh, that person's a hacker, he/she's going to hack the fbi."

Well i think the term hacker should only be used to those who are ''Hackers'' i think it is offensive if people say they are and there just lying silly little kids lol


~ Neo-Helius

For me, it depends. Are you a hacker for me is such a vague question. It depends on what the person asking its opinion on what a hacker is. If you're saying someone who wants to explore the deepest depths of a computer system, sure, you can call me a hacker. But if you're saying a hacker is a renegade that uses rebellious computer techniques to steal valuable information and exploit his way to a server of a network just to destroy the whole thing, then no.


Regards,
Silentstalker

Yo bet your sweet Bibby I am.....

But I am no "Cracker"

:p

Hacker, cracker, white hat, black hat whatever. I would not call my self any of them, I like the term "Computer security tester" sounds much better.

SittingDuck

I am a Hacker. I am Curious. I am an Explorer. We all are. There is nothing bad about this, it is one of the few goods in the growing internet.

A Hacker is merely someone who wishes to know all that can be known, and share what he knows.