This is almost like a political thread, and it can split the community in 2. (you mean, down the middle?
) however, there are multiple types of hackers.
True Black Hats - whose main aim is indiscriminant destruction.
Idealogical Black Hats - those who attack political targets, hoping to change the world.
Skript Kiddies - bored n00bs trying their hand at hacking. destructive and over confident. (i hate skript kiddies.)
White Hats - work for companies or hack to improve security in systems and software.
counter hacker - traces black hats for money, similar to a white hat.
Me? i used to be an idealogical black hat. but those days are long gone. DOS was my native environment, and now that has been phased out completely.
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Vi