When I started to pursue my career in the field of
computers, software, system and other technologies, I don’t really mind at all
what will be the next opportunities awaits from me when I pass all my units on the
course I take. When I started to learn some form of hacking on the web, there I
thought this kind of skills will measure how great you are in any technologies
but it does not really define you as a great person. I do not even consider
myself as a hacker even though I do some of their skills for a purpose and as
an ethical hacker. I know you are likely bored on what am I discussing on my
first blog post but let define first the terms that you will encounter on this
article.
What is Hacking?
Based on Merriam-Webster,
hack is to cut or sever with repeated irregular or unskillful blows. It allows
you to write computer programs for
enjoyment and to gain access to a computer illegally. It is usually a creative
solution to a computer hardware or programming problem or limitation.
What is Hacker?
Again thanks to Merriam-Webster
as one of my reference for this blog post and on the next discussion of my
topic. Hacker is the one that hacks. They are expert at programming and solving problems with a computer
and who illegally gains access to and sometimes tampers with information in a
computer system.
So you can see
from this definition, hack is already consider an illegal form of skills
because it is trying to create something that can gain access illegally. But for
you, do you really think hacking is really illegal? Does the hacker can be an outlaw?
Or can be consider as patriot? Since some of the hacker now a days regards there
selves as a defender, especially of individual rights, against presumed
interference by the federal government.
Before the world
of computers came up, the word hack is already used a long time ago. Let’s just
say, from the era of the creative minds, Socrates and Galileo. Hack is a
different word to them of course but it means they have their own theory and
techniques on how to manage to run not a system but the mind of others. I have
a subject which is Information Security, there before we start to discuss all the
.PDF files given to us we had a short documentary viewing about hacking. There I
learned that the word hack already existed since then. It even started on the
telephone lines. Some of the hackers here are called “phreaks” or “Phone Phreaking”.
It is the art and science of cracking the phone network (so as, for example, to
make free long-distance calls). By extension, security-cracking in any other
context (especially, but not exclusively, on communications networks).
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John Draper - in
his younger years.
Colorized
version of B&W photo
from NightScribe - (Broken
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Also, creator of the first computer also became hacker before. "Berkeley Blue" (Steve Jobs) and "Oak Toebark" (Steve Wozniak), the two members of California's Homebrew Computer Club begin making "blue boxes," devices used to hack into the phone system. Later go on to found Apple Computer. This is based also on the St. Petersburg Times Online article I have read: A history of hacking.
At early 1980s
and so on from this modern times, when computer was created and transform into
other much more easy and portable to use, hackers are also increasing. Lot of
crimes and illegal acts were also found. Well, we cannot really control them
from what they want because as time goes by people also learn new things and we
need to face that truth. We are the one who needs to learn how to adopt into
this new things around us. If you want to read the complete history of this
hacking, you can use my reference: A history of hacking
based on the St. Petersburg Times Online. And if you want a complete timeline
about this, you can also read A Brief
History of Computer Hacking by Michael Devitt.
Age does not
matter on hackers. I thought hackers will be around their mid-20s or 30s and
above but no, there are also teens who can hack different kind of system just
by using their computers and doing some hacking skills. Their ages were listed
in the references I used to build up this post.
I read Mr. Devitt
conclusion about the hacker and on his article he said, “Don't Hate the Hacker”. From this I believe that lot of agency like FBI in United
States does not like what hackers do because they are destructing some of the
private and confidential information of other government sectors. Hackers
should really need to ask first for permission before they hack something but
this can lead to some misunderstanding because what if the company person know
that their system need to hack of course they will know who will be the
mastermind once the system crashed or a system failure occurred. That’s why
mostly of the hackers remain to be in silence and do the tweaking without any
noise. (Tweak means to
make small adjustments and refers to fine-tuning or adjusting a complex system,
usually an electronic device). And hackers can really help to improve one
system since they can determine what the possible weakness of the system and
avoid other hackers to manipulate it. As Mr. Devitt also think that hackers
serve a useful purpose in that they make companies take action and be
responsible for their laziness and lack of organization.
We all have our
own choice whether it is good or bad. And as we go on to different chapters of our
lives, we all have reasons on our choices. It just a matter on how you will
accept the consequences you will encounter in the end. New International
Version (©1984):
“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.” - 2 Corinthians 5:10
Because only; New
Living Translation (©2007):
“God will judge us for everything we do, including every secret thing, whether good or bad.” - Ecclesiastes 12:14
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