Comments on: Difference Between Hacking and Hijacking http://techpp.com/2009/12/19/difference-between-hacking-and-hijacking/ Tech Blog covering Tech News, Views, Reviews on iPhone, Android, Online tools, Social media, Gadgets, Windows and more Thu, 24 May 2012 14:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dionysis Zindros http://techpp.com/2009/12/19/difference-between-hacking-and-hijacking/comment-page-1/#comment-19698 Dionysis Zindros Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:22:11 +0000 http://techpp.com/?p=8390#comment-19698 "Hacking" actually does not mean to perform any illegal actions at all. The media has popularized that definition, and the original meaning is actually quite different. That exact original meaning is still in use by experienced programmers and security experts themselves. What you are talking about is called "cracking" a website. Here's the original definition of a "hack", written by Eric S. Raymond: "hack: an appropriate application of ingenuity". Therefore, creating a new technology based by combining existing technology in a genuine way may be considered a "hack," but this is far from illegal. Read more: http://catb.org/jargon/html/meaning-of-hack.html “Hacking” actually does not mean to perform any illegal actions at all. The media has popularized that definition, and the original meaning is actually quite different.

That exact original meaning is still in use by experienced programmers and security experts themselves. What you are talking about is called “cracking” a website.

Here’s the original definition of a “hack”, written by Eric S. Raymond: “hack: an appropriate application of ingenuity”.

Therefore, creating a new technology based by combining existing technology in a genuine way may be considered a “hack,” but this is far from illegal.

Read more: http://catb.org/jargon/html/meaning-of-hack.html

]]> By: Gurpreet Singh http://techpp.com/2009/12/19/difference-between-hacking-and-hijacking/comment-page-1/#comment-16772 Gurpreet Singh Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:33:33 +0000 http://techpp.com/?p=8390#comment-16772 Thanks for giving out clear definition of both points Thanks for giving out clear definition of both points

]]> By: Ricky http://techpp.com/2009/12/19/difference-between-hacking-and-hijacking/comment-page-1/#comment-16450 Ricky Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:03:23 +0000 http://techpp.com/?p=8390#comment-16450 Thanx for the detailed information. The incidence should have not happened in any case. Anyway everything seems normal now. Thanx for the detailed information. The incidence should have not happened in any case. Anyway everything seems normal now.

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