According to Paul Gil, a hacker is a
technically-savvy computer user, who for either negative or positive
motivations, will manipulate and break into computer systems, hacking. There
are three types of hackers: Black Hat, White Hat and Grey Hat. Black hat
hackers are criminals; hacking into systems to create chaos and/or steal
private information. White hat hackers are “ethical” criminals; since they get
paid to use their ability to hack into computers/systems, they are not
motivated to use their skills to steal private information. Grey hat hackers
hack as a hobby, committing “minor” crimes (compared to black hat hackers) such
as cracking software or copyright to share the files online.
Growing-up I wanted to be a black hat hacker (of course I
didn’t know this term back then), I wanted to break into my friends’ computers
and scare them by manipulating their cursor (I know what your thinking…but back
then it seemed funny). In the minds of preteens, hacking and Computer Science
go hand in hand. Whenever I went to talk to middle school students about my college
career the first question they ask is: have I hacked something? Nowadays, there
still exists the allure of hacking into systems just for the act of hacking.
Hi Jonatan. Hacking is a very wide area and even tough to master the skills required for Hacking. I explored various types of Hackers after I started writing blog on the same topic. I wasn't aware of such types of Hackers before. You have precisely described meaning related to each type of Hackers. It's obviously fun to do Hacking but shouldn't be done for malicious reasons. I feel you should have added little more content in your post. Good job otherwise!
ReplyDeleteAh yes, hacking my way into friends and even businesses computers seemed like the coolest thing ever thanks to movies, before I understood the legal system. Although I don't promote "black hat hacking" it is still for the most part a very interesting process. I also think that without all these baddies hacking into systems there wouldn't have been as much development in security. Your blog presented the different types of hackers which was great and I enjoyed reading it. Now I know all types of hackers, even the grey one's!
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