What is a hacker for you?

Question

What do you feel when you listen "hacker"?
What do you think they do?
How do you think they do it?
Are they good or bad?
Would you like to be one of this group?

Answer 1

~~~~~ Personal Opinion ~~~~~

A person that explores the magic world of security IT.

Good or Bad? Only they know this.

Would you like to be one of this group? Hacker is not a group, maybe it's a community of people around the world.

Just for precision: Hacker != Anonymous

>> I hate the anonymous photos, really... i don't hate the hacking or the "organization", but these photos are everywhere. ~_~

How do you think they do? A good hacker, writes exploit... he knows many programming languages for writing codes in every situation. I think that... A good hacker loves the Open Source.

I don't feel anything when i listen "hacker"... because most of their... are not hackers.

And you, what do you think of "hackers"? ^_^

- Sorry for my English -

Answer 2

An intruder!
One who can penetrate through the walls of fire (firewalls 😁)

Answer 3

@Maz Fun Fact: Only a few anonymous hacktivists can hack the other are 13 years old and below are script kiddies.

@Sachin INTRUDER ALERT! 😅😂

Answer 4

Fact: Hacker isnt something who's good at computers actually thats the term used when you do something easy, instead of complex stuff, that term was now replaced when Hollywood created a movie about hackers whos good at computers, Doing something easy and not complex is the same as hacking so I personally would like to call someone a "Cracker" than a "Hacker".

Opinion: Whenever I hear that word "hacker" I dont think they're bad, cause who knows they might be PenTesters.

EDIT: Yes I want to be a hacker but a White Hat since I like to protect peoples data and troll Black Hats into my TRAPZSSSSSD!!!
(ITSSS AAAA TRAPPP) (NOTTTT THEEEE BEESSSSS)

Answer 5

A hacker is anyone that can retrieve information that is secured or bypass an object that is secure. This object could be a business , computer or network ect.
There are different types f hackers- white cap hackers(ethical hackers), black cap hackers(non ethical hackers) and the ones in between.
To me hackers are not only people who can program as their is something called social engineering whereby people can manipulate you in person or even on the phone to give up delicate information. An example of this is dumpster diving. Some people do dumpster diving to gain delicate documents that contain usernames and passwords of employees in a business. Then ofcourse, you get the hackers that can program and you also get hackers that use already made software to hack. An example of this is the use of the software wireshark. people use it to find someones IP address and from their to find their location.
So yeah, a hacker is anyone who can get access to information that they not authorized to view- i hope this makes sense lol.