KJ Thompson Tuesday, December 13, 2016 2A

An analytical comparison of Julie Davis hacking of government computers exposed 21.5 million

people and senator Ron Wyden, Matt Blaze and Susan Landau the Feds will soon be able to legally

hack almost anyone

Many people think of the word hacking in a pejorative sense, understanding it to mean

malicious acts of breaking into secure systems and wreaking havoc with private information;

civic hacking is people working together quickly and creatively to make their cities better for

everyone. White-hat hackers are also known as ethical hackers; they are hackers who are

working from the inside of a company, with the companys full knowledge and permission, who

hack into the companys networks to find flaws and present their reports to the company. quote

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, the word hacker has an unfairly negative connotation

from being portrayed in the media as people who break into computers. In reality, hacking just

means building something quickly or testing the boundaries of what can be done.

In the artist the Feds will soon be able to legally hack almost anyone the FBI would have the

authority to secretly use malware to hack into thousands or hundreds of thousands of computers that belong

to innocent third parties and even crime victims. The unintended consequences could be staggering. so y not

the people the government can hack other with no right to and if the people hack the people go to fed jail for

a long time. Not too long ago, ordinary citizens would report problems they spotted in their communities to

their local governments via phone or snail mail, which, suffice it to say, was not terribly efficient at resolving

those problems. But, as web 2.0 has multiplied the possibilities for social connectivity and crowdsourcing,

so it has also increased the opportunities for collaboration between governments and their constituencies.

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To make things even more confusing, there are some who fall under the grey hat

category. These people usually carry good intentions (often aiming for better security), and are

willing to commit crimes to achieve their goals. Whether these people should be supported is a

decision for each person by being either pro-security or pro-law. Grey hat hackers are often

hobbyists with intermediate technical skills. These hobbyists enjoy disassembling and modifying

their own computers for hobby pleasure, and they will sometimes dabble in minor white collar

crimes like file sharing and cracking software.

Indeed, if you are a P2P downloader, you are a type of grey hat hacker. Grey hat hackers

rarely escalate into becoming serious black hat hackers. Script Kiddies: this is a stylish name for

novice hackers who are unskilled. Script kiddies can be white hat, black hat, or grey hat.

Hacktivists: this is the hacker who is also a social activist fighting for a cause. Some people

would argue that famous hackers like Lulzsec and Anonymous are hacktivists fighting

government corruption and corporate misdeeds. Hacktivists can be white hat, black hat, or grey

hat. That is sort of the basis of security by obscurity. Essentially, security by obscurity relies on

the fact that a given vulnerability is hidden or secret as a security measure. Of course, if anyone

or anything accidentally discovers the vulnerability, no real protection exists to prevent

exploitation.

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