Who is a hacker, and what does he do?
A hacker is a computer enthusiast, someone good at what he does, and all-around intrigued by technology. He'll spend all night trying to solve a particular problem, to make a patch to make a program function properly, just to do it. Not because he personally benefits from it, or he's getting paid to do so. Hackers are the ones who built many of the things we use today, and did a damned good job doing it.
What is a cracker, and what does he do?
A cracker is someone with some of the knowledge a hacker has, sometimes an equal amount. The difference between them is the Hacker builds things while the Cracker breaks(into) them. A cracker is one who searches for vulnerabilities only to exploit them, commonly without intent to even inform the admin of them. Crackers are the ones you see on the news stealing credit card numbers, all that type of thing.
Credit goes to BluexXxKalishnikov
A hacker is a computer enthusiast, someone good at what he does, and all-around intrigued by technology. He'll spend all night trying to solve a particular problem, to make a patch to make a program function properly, just to do it. Not because he personally benefits from it, or he's getting paid to do so. Hackers are the ones who built many of the things we use today, and did a damned good job doing it.
What is a cracker, and what does he do?
A cracker is someone with some of the knowledge a hacker has, sometimes an equal amount. The difference between them is the Hacker builds things while the Cracker breaks(into) them. A cracker is one who searches for vulnerabilities only to exploit them, commonly without intent to even inform the admin of them. Crackers are the ones you see on the news stealing credit card numbers, all that type of thing.
Credit goes to BluexXxKalishnikov
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