On Tue, 2010-04-27 at 10:36 +0200, Swapnil Bhartiya wrote: > Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant of Sophos, has responded to my > blog asking not to use word hackers for criminals. What is your opinion?
IMO, the right word is cracker. Checkout http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1392.html <snip> hacker A person who delights in having an intimate understanding of the internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in particular. The term is often misused in a pejorative context, where "cracker" would be the correct term. See also: cracker. </snip> _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
