“Hacking is Ethical”
By
AP Singh
Auckland, New Zealand
Hacking is always the issue in the cyber-technology. Everyday we come across much news regarding the hackings. There was news in the last year that “District Attorney's office charges 17-year-old boy with computer tampering, computer trespass, and criminal possession of computer material.” Even after that company who was infected (AOL) was unsure that whether the customer data was stolen or not. Is it moral? Or is it ethical? According to the age limits he was minor that time. Government cannot make him liable due to its own limitations. Although he cracked but did not stole any data. In other words we can say that he challenged the AOL that they are serving the customers with the flaws in the system.
The definition of hacker has changed radically over the years. With the aid of the mass media, the word has developed a negative feeling rather than the positive one it used to have. Add ethical in front of hacker, and it's even more confusing.
Who is Hacker?
Hackers can be categorized into the following two buckets:
1. Hobbyist hackers: Those who hack to learn, for fun or to share with other hobbyists.
2. Research and security hackers: Those concerned with discovering security vulnerabilities and writing the code fixes.
Others say
1. A person who enjoys learning the details of computer systems and how to stretch their capabilities—as opposed to most users of computers, who prefer to learn only the minimum amount necessary.
2. One who programs enthusiastically or who enjoys programming rather tha ...