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Originally Posted by zonedabone
Please redefine the way you think of hacker. I like to think of myself as a 'hacker', but that doesn't mean that I steal people's passwords or anything like that. Also, many people who fit your description of 'hacker' are actually ethical hackers. These people try to find loopholes in the security of systems like forums and websites and games, and then they report them to the developers so that they can be FIXED before anyone on the wrong side of things finds it out.
As for me, I hack in a different way. I enjoy taking devices that are meant for one thing (Take a calculator) and making them do totally different things. (Like play games)
Tons of definitions to think about:
HACK:
a: to write computer programs for enjoyment
b: to gain access to a computer illegally
HACKER:
1: one that hacks
2: an expert at programming and solving problems with a computer
3: a person who illegally gains access to and sometimes tampers with information in a computer system
I highlighted the ones that you may have overlooked. Hacking is an enjoyable activity for many. Also, many people who build software or websites like to refer to themselves as hackers. Even the famous Mark Suckerberg (Don't really like him, but you can see where he's gone) were once hackers. Please broaden your horizons a bit.
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He's right you know? Would you consider Arty-FishL a hacker just because he wanted to change the Alice JavaScript code? In my opinion, it is okay to do something like that, just as long as you don't go around and try to start claiming it as your own program. I like to call myself a hacker as well, and I don't even know how to do half the stuff that Arty-FishL, or zonedabone for that matter, do.