Hacking and Ethics

Hacking should not be considered a crime, but rather, a pursuit of knowledge. Computers and microprocessors have given rise to new types of crime. Computer hacking is, seemingly, one of these crimes. People hack for various reasons, but to say they all intend to steal or purposefully cause disruption would be unjust. A hacker is an individual who enjoys the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming limitations, namely in the fields of programming and/or electrical …

…but stop us." "Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is curiosity. My crime is that of judging people by what they say and think, not what they look like. My crime is that of outsmarting you, something that you will never forgive me for. I am a hacker and this is my manifesto. You may stop this individual, but you can't stop us all. After all, we're all alike." - The Mentor (Hacker's manifesto).