Quote Originally Posted by dinowuff View Post
I have to disagree with that.

I use coffee in a way it was not designed. I use it to capture facebook chats. In essence I have hacked coffee.

I use wireshark and nmap to test my firewall rules. Meaning I use these tools as they were designed to be used.

Hacking is more about getting something to perform in a way that it was not designed to do.

of course that is just my opinion.
I sort of view hacking like I view martial arts... you can use the skillset for good purposes or evil purposes. Hacking isn't necessarily about breaking into systems, or wreaking havoc... we have other words for that... words like criminal, or malicious...

It is kind of like lockpicking. You don't want a criminal with lockpicking skills coming around your house... but if you lock yourself out, you call a locksmith, because he/she is a reputable person with the same skillset.