Agreed.. you have a valid point.. when talking to a person who is invloved with all of the above. Majority people hearing word "Hacker" right away tie it to illegal, scammer some 1 whos gonna hack you bank account and steal all your money.... I applaude that you are going into deteal.. i went by the definition that majority uses it under... Individually its a differet story when talking to masses its the oposite....
Grey hat
Main article: Grey hat
A grey hat hacker is a hacker of ambiguous ethics and/or borderline legality, often frankly admitted.
Black hat = Cracker
Main article: Black hat
A black hat hacker is someone who subverts computer security without authorization or uses technology (usually a computer or the Internet) for vandalism (malicious destruction), credit card fraud, identity theft, intellectual property theft, or other types of crime.
Script kiddie
Main article: Script kiddie
A script kiddie is a non-expert who breaks into computer systems by using pre-packaged automated tools written by others. These are the outcasts of the hacker community. Also referred to as a Skiddiot.
Hacktivist
Main article: Hacktivism
A hacktivist is a hacker who utilizes technology to announce a social, ideological, religious, or political message. In general, most hactivism involves website defacement or denial-of-service attacks. In more extreme cases, hactivism
Out of 5 4 definitions you have given both suport my point them being a what......a criminals and doing somethgin illigal -_-....so i thought you were arguing that they are mostly "good' and are good for society -_-
Anyway all i was saying based on the majority thought... Hacker is compared to a croock and a scammer...deniying this i mean... you just proved it wiht your own definitions.
Dont get me wrong.. thanks for the info and the different kind of "hackers" but we are talking about a hacker that does illegal things not others....No need to call me ignorant.. you cant call some 1 ignorant about somethign that normal population doesnt know about.....Now if it was about which color white guy is.. thats a different story =)
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