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| Yes | 79% | 314 votes | Total: 395 votes | |
| No | 21% | 81 votes |
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by Ms. C. Jones
The modern day definition of hacking is the act of illegally gaining access to someone's computer for the purpose of destroying, carrying out illegal activities. A cracker is th...read more
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by Devin Ford
Is hacking morally wrong? Is hacking right? Not a chance, however does that automatically make it morally wrong? Well before we can even answer this question one must understand...read more
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Is voyeurism wrong? Is stealing wrong? Is vandalism wrong? Of course, they are all wrong, as is hacking. As we become more of an "Internet" society, it seems to become easie...read more
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The concept of hacking in today's society is a gross misrepresentation of what the original concept of Hacking was when the term was first coined back in the 1970's. Originally...read more
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It all depends on how you define "hacking". Old school geeks will say that hacking is taking something and making it do something it was never intended to do, like programming y...read more
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Hacking. What does it really mean for you? Well lets look at it this way, supposing you had a house and a burglar broke in and stole all your money and your LCD TV, your CDs, yo...read more
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Hacking has predominantly been defined as "breaking into the security systems of computers" which technically suggests that the moral background to the act is perhaps descipable...read more
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by Gerhard Adam
The biggest problem with hacking is the representation of it in the media and consequently in the minds of far too many computer users. Even using the term and its variations i...read more
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by Lam Luu
Frankly, it troubles me when someone starts to throw out stuffs about "hacking" and "hackers" without even know what the heck those terms mean. Then, that person starts to make ...read more
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by Spike Wyatt
Deciding whether hacking is morally wrong depends on your definition of what it is. Some see hacking as gaining access to a system without authorisation - and the definition sto...read more
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Hacking is not morally wrong. Cracking is. Hacking is comparable to climbing a wall at its lowest point contrary to cracking which is comparable to making a hole in the wall. Ha...read more
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There are two types of hackers in the world of Internet Security, generally speaking. There is the Black Hat, and the White Hat. When most people hear of a hacker, they think of...read more
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One or more of world's more proficient hackers may be in your house right now. Lucky for you we can spot him, or her (contrary to popular stereotypes gender is irrelevant). The ...read more
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by Alex Bardos
Hacking, in and of itself, is most definitely not wrong. In fact, it's more like banana pudding. You have to understand, hacking is about innovation, it's learning, and it's abo...read more
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