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by halfninety 4891 days ago
Well, not necessarily. The guy who stole $6M worth of bitcoins with his pyramid scheme used 'Pirateat40' as his id.

Geeks (include those here) tend to admire and trust those who call themselves hackers (not those mainstream media call hackers), perhaps partly because of your theory, that "real" hackers don't like to call themselves hackers.