My security professor said that in slang of his time, a “hacker” was a skilled electronics/computer hobbyist, and the malicious person was a “cracker”.
I’ve also seen “hack” and “hacker” used as a synonym of “doing something unusual, difficult, or unexpected”, like you would see on hackaday.com
gastroglizzy@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
A hacker is a synonym for a black hat. In the industry, white hats are referred to as “pen testers”, “security engineers”, or “ethical hackers”.
Yaky@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Just to add, language and definitions evolve.
My security professor said that in slang of his time, a “hacker” was a skilled electronics/computer hobbyist, and the malicious person was a “cracker”.
I’ve also seen “hack” and “hacker” used as a synonym of “doing something unusual, difficult, or unexpected”, like you would see on hackaday.com
adespoton@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
To rich businessmen, a hacker has a certain reputation on the golf course.