A Cracker is a Hacker?

The word cracker is ambiguous. Because the word "hacker" is been used in lots of different and especially in superficial meanings, lots of hacking groups have created a new cult, where they believe in "hacker ethics". Those groups say, that a cracker is a bad hacker - a hacker who destroys and steals.

In the worldwide society of the community called "The Scene"  (see page before) a cracker is somebody removing copy protections from software (to crack the protection). This name "cracker" has been found in the early 80s.

More about the scene:
www.scenet.de/faq.htm
 

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