Usually when we hear the word “hacker,” we picture a disaffected teenager, lurking behind a green-glowing computer monitor that clicks with every keystroke, breaking into some top security computer system. But, this is only one side to the story, these hackers are on the “dark side,” there are also hackers who are on the “light side” who are skilled in computers, and enjoy understanding their inner workings for the sake of learning.
This ambiguity often results in confusion about what hackers do, and what their motives are. The mix-up is often blamed on the media for creating the negative view of hackers, but are the movies really to blame?
No, it’s the news media…
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