Hack That

If you're trying to break into a computer with a program you downloaded off the Internet you're a script kiddie. You've probably never written a line of code in your life and have no idea how the Internet even works. If you've made a fake myspace profile to gather users' information you're a phisher. You're not even a good one because you didn't write the code on the profile yourself, did you? If you convinced someone to tell you their username and password, you're either a social engineer or they're really stupid, depending on the circumstances. If you target a random computer on the Internet to break into and cause harm you're a cracker. If you download proprietary software from the Internet, decompile, modify, and rerelease it, you're a reverse engineer.

How can people be so stupid that they actually have mad skills when they can barely run Windows? If I hear one more person call themselves a hacker or tell me they "hacked someone" I'm going to take their computer and break it into a hundred million smaller pieces. They don't deserve to own a computer. That is, unless they are a genuine hacker. Then I'd be moderately impressed. Otherwise, please shut up.

Article by Rich Moore