Comments on: Palin email guy : don’t call him a hacker

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:09:00 +0000

Er, phisher starts with "ph"

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:09:00 +0000

Er, phisher starts with “ph”

By: AnalogJunkie.com

AnalogJunkie.com — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:11:00 +0000

Well, that depends. I call a 'hacker' somebody that gains access through their own accord with no help from the individual who owns the account.

Somebody who sends fraudulent e-mails to the account owner in order to gain their sensitive data a 'fisher'.

I call somebody who hands over their password to a fisher, and gets their account stolen a dumb ass.

What exactly did both of them do? : p

By: AnalogJunkie.com

AnalogJunkie.com — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:11:00 +0000

Well, that depends. I call a ‘hacker’ somebody that gains access through their own accord with no help from the individual who owns the account.

Somebody who sends fraudulent e-mails to the account owner in order to gain their sensitive data a ‘fisher’.

I call somebody who hands over their password to a fisher, and gets their account stolen a dumb ass.

What exactly did both of them do? : p

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:32:00 +0000

he did accessed the email account without permission.

yet the word hacker does not mean the same for u, a person involved in the IT world than to the preson in the jury who haven't yet figured out how to play minessweeper

i certainly would not like my ignorant jury to think im involved in credit card frauds and stuff like that

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:32:00 +0000

he did accessed the email account without permission.
yet the word hacker does not mean the same for u, a person involved in the IT world than to the preson in the jury who haven’t yet figured out how to play minessweeper

i certainly would not like my ignorant jury to think im involved in credit card frauds and stuff like that

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:51:00 +0000

Er, not calling Mark stupid. Calling the people 25 years ago that were getting it wrong on the news stupid. And the lawyer for perpetuating it.

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:48:00 +0000

Stop mixing up hackers and crackers, stupid media people! Grrr…"Hacker" does NOT have a negative connotation, or at least it didn't until the media started using it wrong. "Cracker" is the bad one. Hackers are people with exceptional skills in regard to programming or hardware, usually, but I'm sure there are people finding other things to hack.

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:51:00 +0000

Er, not calling Mark stupid. Calling the people 25 years ago that were getting it wrong on the news stupid. And the lawyer for perpetuating it.

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:48:00 +0000

Stop mixing up hackers and crackers, stupid media people! Grrr…”Hacker” does NOT have a negative connotation, or at least it didn’t until the media started using it wrong. “Cracker” is the bad one. Hackers are people with exceptional skills in regard to programming or hardware, usually, but I’m sure there are people finding other things to hack.

By: fcstan

fcstan — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:07:00 +0000

With that logic anyone who bangs his forehead to the keyboard and accidentally finds out the correct combination of a username and password is a hacker. They gained unauthorized access, did they not?

By: fcstan

fcstan — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:07:00 +0000

With that logic anyone who bangs his forehead to the keyboard and accidentally finds out the correct combination of a username and password is a hacker. They gained unauthorized access, did they not?