How hackers are different from the rest of us

**Glaswegian** · 10-23-2007, 01:12 PM

Hackers who come to hacker conference, like ToorCon 9, which wraps up today, don't see computing the way the rest of us do. Now, clearly, these guys aren't true black hats, even if they came to see the attack side. The real bad hackers don't register in advance for such conventions - tho they may be hacking the machinery and watching. These ToorCon attendees are security professionals, mainly consultants, smart and full of mischief.

They don't see hacking as good or evil. It's a question of can it be done? And how?

They can tell - and understand - jokes told entirely in numbers and letters.

They have a set of best practices so when they do risky stuff they know what they're ignoring.

They assume they'll be cracked and hacked.

They have cooler t-shirts.

http://www.privacydigest.com/2007/10...ferent+rest+us

**Wox** · 10-23-2007, 04:37 PM

Cool.

Quote:

They like each other. They admire each others' work and they'll show you how to do it.

Hack the Pentagon? They're even willing to hack your home printer!

Very, very true indeed.

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