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| mixi |
| The notion of a hacker in nowadays is operated by the mass-media only when a person brakes security standards or steals information by using a regular PC. However there are person with similar abilities but who work for Government agencies. There have been some several incidents in the past years when hackers that were caught practicing illegal activities were given top-paid jobs in the same companies or institutes that were its victims not long ago.
Hackers were present there were access to information was forbidden, like in the communist China or Republic of Moldova (Europe). These people could get to the truth by their means, and spread the word to the oppressed masses.
Some companies even pay them to attack their systems just to understand and identify what security problems they might face.
But in the recent years the hackers world has transformed in an informational world and wars. Just let us remember the Georgia-Russia conflict.
So after all these arguments how would you still qualify this sort of activity? |
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| Cold_as_ice |
| I heard of a case when a hacker was hired by a government to work for it, when they discovered he broke their security system. So, hackers can do both things at the same time - good and bad, without making anyone suspect them of something. |
| Maximus |
| This year (I think in May), a Chilean hacker has broken the government data only to prove to the public that it's weak and vulnerable. |
| tulaka |
| It would be great if all hackers direct their knowledge to good purpose. Do you imagine how fast would certain transactions be made if hackers replaced typical bank workers... |
| nbotti |
| I think that hackers can be important for the freedom of expression. When they don't act as mercenaries for goverments or corportations. |
