whitewig

[D. Hageman]

The white hats are the good type of hackers.  The black hats are the bad 
crackers.  Think of an old black and white western if you need a mnemonic 
device.  The bad guys always wore black.  The good guys always wore white 
(that stayed amazing clean in the dirt!).

On a side note - we pretty much have to accept the general media 
distorting the term hacker has modified the definition to the point that 
it has a new meaning that may not be a good one.  We don't have to *like* 
it though.  It just means that it will have another definition entry in 
the dictionary and you have to take the word in context to determine the 
correct meaning.  It is how language evolves.

On another side note - If a person calls themselves a hacker - they aren't 
a hacker.  It is like a person calling themselves sexy or the best thing 
out there.  It is a term that has to be given to you by another.  I just 
put in this side note as I have had two people call themselves that in the 
past week in conversation with me.  Hubris.  Yuck.




On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, Charles, Joshua Micah (UMKC-Student) wrote:

>> "ethically motivated hackers who work entirely within
>> the law; the whitehats of the whitehats" about
>
> I'm confused.  Do it use the term "hacker" properly or as most people
> use it?
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