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Thingamajig · 11-26-07

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Originally Posted by voice

Bleh.... The term "hacker" has been completely different from what most people think it means anyway, it has been warped into something that it is not.

The term "hacker" is someone who does something constructive(such as write computer programs etc.) with a computer, as opposed to a "cracker" who does something destructive(such as writes viruses, trojans, break into accounts etc.).

Instead, when most people hear/see/read the term "hacker" they immediatley think of someone who breaks into another persons computer, writes malicious code etc. And I think the people to blame for that are the media, they take so much out of context, and often when it comes to stuff such as computers, have no real idea what they're talking about. I mean, for example, BBC wrote an article about the PS3's cell processor, claiming that it was 10 times more powerful than any processor to date.

Yep, your right.

The media is the scum of the earth, right next to chavs.

ted · 11-26-07

All I can say is, there is no way anyone can release a perfect OS the first time, someone will always find a flaw. At least MS got on the problem quickly and got the problem fixed. I do think that the hackers should not go public with every single flaw they find. Seems to be a bit pompous...

Donnie Darko · 11-26-07

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Originally Posted by azminisk8r

most people dont notice it. and the hackers usually only actually activat the hack when they need to threathen a company or shut down a site due to massive bandwidth usage.

QFT. Most infected people do not know they are infected. A customer of mine got a letter from their ISP (Time Warner) informing them that if they did not stop transmitting malware-infected spam, they were going to have their internet service disconnected.

They had NO clue. No firewall or AV program either.

Donnie Darko · 11-26-07

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Originally Posted by Xerasyte

How about we tell Microsoft instead of announcing it to the world. Less people know of it the better.

WRONG.

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Originally Posted by ted

All I can say is, there is no way anyone can release a perfect OS the first time, someone will always find a flaw. At least MS got on the problem quickly and got the problem fixed. I do think that the hackers should not go public with every single flaw they find. Seems to be a bit pompous...

Also wrong.

Publicizing the flaws in the O/S increases the level of awareness of those people that care enough to do something with the O/S. If it were not for the public release, the only people that would know about these flaws & how to exploit them would be

Microsoft (or maybe not, considering)
Oppressive and intrusive governments & government agencies, such as China and Homeland Security
The non-ethical hackers.

These so-called "ethical hackers" are the only people that we have to keep our computing safe. They are a check & a balance against all of the other groups mentioned above. In short, they are "us" in that they are more likely to have our interests first & foremost.

The only other group concerned with our computing security are the banks, and beyond on-line banking and credit card security, they also have no interest in our concerns.

Xerasyte · 11-26-07

Oh well excuse me. So Sorry.

cognoscenti · 11-26-07

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Originally Posted by mth91

So I suppose an ethical hacker is one who hacks to find problems, and report them to the original software designer?

kiwis are pretty ethical people

Halo2Vista · 11-26-07

lol. wild turkies are actually really smart

RonindeBeatrice · 11-26-07

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Originally Posted by The Hundred Gunner

So am I an English hacker? I know its code well

ZING!

Why is it Brits can get away with using the term 'Chavs' without being flogged to death? If we use the stateside equivalent we have people with torches on our doorstep looking to draw and quarter us.

Vith · 11-26-07

Woot my country got posted on oc wicked lol and you guys acutaly know about New Zealand its amazing so many ppl go *** when you tell them you live in nz.

cognoscenti · 11-27-07

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Originally Posted by Vith

Woot my country got posted on oc wicked lol and you guys acutaly know about New Zealand its amazing so many ppl go *** when you tell them you live in nz.

Lots of kiwis here in london earning big pounds in I.T

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