What is your definition of hacking?

SPC(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 13:56:04 -0400

Hacking/Hacker

Not what the textbook definition is, but your own personal definition. And what a hacker does?

Response by SPC(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 20 at 2016 1:56 PM

SPC(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 13:56:43 -0400

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Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 20 at 2016 2:00 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 14:00:25 -0400

My definition is the textbook definition - change the functionality of something to do something it wasn't originally intended for. For example, Amazon dash buttons are being used to power switch Raspberry Pi's.

Response by CPT Jack Durish made Oct 20 at 2016 2:01 PM

CPT Jack Durish — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 14:01:16 -0400

Hacking is breaking and entering virtual spaces for any of a number of purposes from voyeurism to larceny.

Response by Cpl Justin Goolsby made Oct 20 at 2016 2:05 PM

Cpl Justin Goolsby — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 14:05:54 -0400

Simply put, hackers are digital explorers testing the boundaries of the Internet. Hackers see where they can go and how far they can reach. Most of them are in it purely for the knowledge to test the limits of computers or their own skill.

Hackers are rarely malicious in nature.

Response by MSG Brad Sand made Oct 20 at 2016 4:39 PM

MSG Brad Sand — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 16:39:51 -0400

Someone who swings at a golf ball without connecting.