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by enriquto 2167 days ago
The data is public and this usage seems to be intended, not sure why you call it "hacking".
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I quoted the word hack deliberately. There have been well known cases of people being brought up on charges for using elite hacking software known as curl and/or wget.

Also, it's what my co-workers called it. These are non-coder types, and can operate a computer just well enough to use the software they are trained to use. I use the Homebrew color scheme in Terminal, so green text on black background. Only hackers use Terminal anyway, so 1 + 1 = ? (you better have said 10)

Hacking has two meaning: one is to commit a computer crime, the other is to use technical knowledge to overcome a problem. This website name refers to the latter.