Hacking, Cracking, Phreaking
The American Heritage Dictionary defines it as: To work as a hacker. We hear about it a lot but many's understanding of it is very vague. Hacking, its been around for more then a century and has caused many problems for people. Many are frightened by the word but for good reasons. Hacking is just a general term. There are many subdivisions to it but today I am going to talk about three primary divisions: Hacking, Phreaking, and Cracking. What do these divisions consist of you might ask? Well that is what I am here to tell you. I will give you a short history on hacking and explanation of each subject. In the beginning hackers was a positive term for someone who mastered computers and could push programs to their limit and beyond. Now we see them as a threat but are they? Some people use hackers to see how penetrable their information is or to act as sheriffs to their information. Even the people, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, founders of Apple computers started as hackers. But as always there is an opposite side to the good side. Hackers can find a way to our credit card numbers, change valuable information on our records, or just make our lives miserable. In the American Heritage Dictionary a hacker is defined as a
A cracker is someone who makes use of a computer, especially to tamper with data or programs. They are also referred to as cybercriminals. These types of hackers are known for their abilities to make evaluation copies of applications, those programs that expire within 30 days usually, fully registered and they can also find a way to get the fullness out of demos. A big method of doing this is called reverse engineering. This is where the hacker looks at the compiled code of the program, he figures out how the registration works or program runs, and finds an exploit to use for the program to crack it. There are files out there like Oscar 2000 which provides a big list or serial numbers to use for registering programs and it also provides mini-files to crack the program. There are legions of crackers out there trying to compete for the best cracks. Unknown. "WetWare." November 7, 1999. One page. Trigaux, Robert. "A History of Hacking." November 9, 1999. Four pages. Http://www.sptimes.com/Hackers/history.hacking.html Http://www.8lgm.org/Underground/Hacking/Methods/WetWare/default.htm people were the founders of Apple, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. There are programs that can be used to record the tones used when money is inserted to make long distances phone calls, but in this case, for free. The new fad is to hack into company services and route calls through them to make long distance calls paid for in full by the company. People hang around phones and someone can pay these hackers five bucks to talk for unlimited time on the local pay phone to their friends in Sydney, Australia. Hackers find a way to advance their strategies as technology, security, and computers advance. ------------------------------------------------------------------------<
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