Post AXH2eyXwsQyYpMBaDY by BashCat@social.vivaldi.net
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 (DIR) Post #ASiB8y3zXNhhmASRRA by rek2@hispagatos.space
       2023-02-15T18:13:44Z
       
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       [1] For decades, media outlets, popular culture, and policymakers have used the term "hacker" regarding unethical privacy and security enthusiasts. Because of privacy's and security's esoteric nature, and their profound impact on our lives, it's clear why the hacker persona is mischaracterized. Fear, uncertainty, and doubt tactics create sensationalist news narratives, profitable movie plots, and repressive legislation. https://www.hackingisnotacrime.org/
       
 (DIR) Post #ASiBO6vGsffLb2bEi8 by rek2@hispagatos.space
       2023-02-15T18:16:27Z
       
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       [2] Contrary to this mischaracterization, being a hacker is an identity, lifestyle, and mindset. It is not a fashion statement or a movie character. A hacker is an inquisitive critical thinker who solves complex problems in an unorthodox manner. The means by which these are solved — be it social, financial, economic, political, technological, or otherwise — is "hacking". https://www.hackingisnotacrime.org/ #hacking #hackers #HackerCulture #TheHackerEthics
       
 (DIR) Post #ASiBZRBrrm3ddnlP2e by cyplo@peninsula.industries
       2023-02-15T18:18:29Z
       
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       @rek2 I think it's not enough of a fashion statement these days tho, where the rave clothes at
       
 (DIR) Post #AXH2eyXwsQyYpMBaDY by BashCat@social.vivaldi.net
       2023-07-02T05:21:58Z
       
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       @rek2 absolute truth, no one seems to care about the history of the term. Much respect. Followed 🐈
       
 (DIR) Post #AYDHofFXNImuTQv0z2 by dj3ei@mastodon.radio
       2023-07-30T07:45:02Z
       
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       I'm proud I've occasionally been called a hacker. "Hacker" isn't what most people have been taught to associate with the term. The post this one answers has details.Yet, I have a need for a term "X" in statements like: "If you expose a Windows 7 computer to the internet with no firewall to protect it, some X will conquer it and use it for evil purposes within hours."Personally, I tend to use "cracker" for X.Is that the term to use? Are their good alternatives? @rek2
       
 (DIR) Post #AYDIHQg6d8T3gA3uRE by f4grx@chaos.social
       2023-07-30T07:50:14Z
       
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       @rek2 damn kid. They're all alikehttp://phrack.org/issues/7/3.html
       
 (DIR) Post #AYDhLyWNF5BGeam4Rc by reboot@www.librepunk.club
       2023-07-30T12:31:11Z
       
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       @rek2 @RTPYou can help correct the misunderstanding simply by making a distinction between security breaking and hacking—by using the term "cracking" for security breaking.source: https://stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html
       
 (DIR) Post #AYE207fsczSJi0drwO by Sundruid@infosec.exchange
       2023-07-30T16:22:33Z
       
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       @rek2 @dj3ei that would be ‘hacker punk’. A lifestyle rather than mental style.
       
 (DIR) Post #AbEW0V63crb5pn0jWS by notroot@calckey.world
       2023-10-28T14:30:20.152Z
       
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       @rek2@hispagatos.space It hasn't helped that Hollywood appears incapable of depicting realistic "cyber" anything. From War Games to every single police procedural.There has been one notable exception in the decades since computers starting becoming plot devices.ONE.Mr. Robot.That's it. That's the only semi-plausible "cyber" anything that has ever been made.