You are right if you use the "media" definition. Real hackers
themselves would disagree with it. But then the media is well
known for changing the meaning of words, sometimes through
stupidity, but usually from malice and a desire for
sensationalism. Hacking means getting into the software, finding
how it does what, and improving it. Hackers themselves refer to
the people you are talking about as "crackers", and they use the
term derogatorily.
--Tom
Jan van Wijk wrote:
>
> On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 13:39:26 -0700, Alan Chan wrote:
>
> >
> >Perhaps some hackers could improve the software upon it too.
>
> Very unlikely,
>
> 'Hackers' is a very broad and vague term, but the ones most often heard of
> are people breaking into computer systems or into commercial software
> breaking the security measures taken.
>
> They ususaly do it for fun, money or prestige ...
>
> Now, their field of expertise is almost exclusively on computer-software with
> a heavy focus in Windows and Unix/Linux. (Intel based processors)
>
> There is NO way people like that could hack into firmware of something
> as specialized as a camera, with dedicated processors in them and
> no regular way to attach to it using your own computer ...
--
Tom "Graywolf" Rittenhouse
Graywolf Photo, Charlotte, NC, USA
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