hey, why does the term 'hacker' got a bad meaning? A 'Hacker' is a guy explores the everything in the software. He has done more good than bad to the computing world today. because of his efforts today we know the bugs n worms in the various softwares which are prevoiusly considered foolproof. They made a lot of FreeWare and ShareWare Utilities to help the Newbies and easy to learn n use to their commercial counterparts. they are the ones that are the brightest and intelligent persons on earth. but still why does world looks upon them as 'bad' guys. is it that the big corporate ones are making the hackers look bad to the whole world. Still i dont understand why the world looks upon hackers as criminals.