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by sudonim 5515 days ago
My previous comment is a little tongue in cheek, but it would be cool if they weren't perpetuating the media stereotype that hacker == cracker. A bunch of other sticklers on "Hacker News" bring it up when people misuse the term.

http://searchyc.com/cracker+hacker

1 comments

As described in the article link, it is hacking.

Kevin Mitnick was not a cracker, he was a hacker.

Hacking has multiple definitions.

Agreed. For instance someone who breaks into web apps but doesn't use this skill to sell user data or steal from users is not a cracker IMO, but a hacker (he could do this to satisfy its curiosity, for fun, or to tell the webmasters how to secure their web app better).

Hacker is a word with many valid definitions.