Hacker

Hacker “I am a hacker, enter my world now” (Mentor). These are the words of The Mentor, one of the most famous anonymous hackers in history. He is known for forming several hacker groups and his famous “Hacker’s Manifesto.” In this infamous document he states the principles of the hacker, the way they think, and how they came to being. Which brings up the question, what do they think' What principles do they live by' Why are they who they are' It is hard to explain it, but for starters it would be recommended to differentiate a hacker from a cracker. A cracker is “one who attempts to break into a system via crack/guessing user passwords” (CandyMan). Most of these crackers are merely “young teenage punks” who just wish to get a “kick” out of “destroying or alternating data” (CandyMan). Yet, a hacker is only “an individual who yearns for knowledge” (CandyMan), which fits Mentor’s statement that hackers “seek after knowledge.” So, why is it that we see headlines and news reports on cyber warfare and cyber terrorism in which the word most repeated is “hacker'” According to Joel Snyder, columnist for Internet World magazine, true hacking “used to exist” hacker, hackers, mentor, people, one, hats, every, even, warfare, cyber, systems, terrorism, take, since, says, information, enter, computer, black, yet, year, world, white, web, war, system, school, powers, page, maier, live, hacking, conventions, candyman, been, because