hackers in the media

[Dy7SLyTq]

I apologize for this, but this is really the only site I know of that will understand. Hackers in the media are very misconstrued and it is hurting our image... i know im nowhere near the elite, im more of an intermediate. However, i simply showed a friend how to download a file off of google drive, using team viewer. her parents freaked out because they thought i had given her a virus. anyways... i just needed to rant about how everyone assumes im doing stuff bad because of the media... i mean even on this site i posted my wumbo script and someone asked whats wumbo? will it give me a virus? /rant

[Mats]

Black hat and grey hat hackers are also disproportionately punished for their crimes by the government, I assume out of fear. It's common practice in the UK for a hacker to get longer sentences than someone who committed a violent assault or rape. =/

[TwilightSpectre]

Fun fact:

Compare what you think a "hacker" is (and by now, the common definition, due to the media and hype and things) with this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_(programmer_subculture)
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Hacker

[9wqjE3v7]

The word is used excessively and inappropriately to the extent where its original definition has now been interpreted completely differently.

People even think that knowing someone's account password is 'hacking'.

[Dy7SLyTq]

i know. its very annoying... even my computer tech teacher thinks i write c++ code that will mess up his computer. i cant even compile it on that computer

[BHX]

Just waiting for the usual suspects to come in and start in about hacker and cracker and the differences :).

[chrisname]

@BHXSpecter
Look at the second reply. You're about ten hours late.

[BHX]

Sorry, I had this open before anyone replied and just forgot to refresh before posting that.