Thread: How Many Hackers Do We Have Around Here

No, inless you count using a pass cracker to hack a runescape account, I didn't actually make the thing though.

I also used auto clickers to get extra views in my dj as well as do stuff in RPG's

I think I've seen Kevin Mitnick around these parts Now that's an Uberhacker! Im pretty sure there are a few Black Hats running around these parts. That guy Shadownightwing was one.

I do what I see fit. I don't go around looking for exploits, but if I happen to come across one, I'll definately poke around.

Originally Posted by Ne

That guy Shadownightwing was one.[/b]

ARE YOU SERIOUS!??

No way. I do not believe that. Crazy lunatic maybe...but hacker? Nah...

How do you hack? :S I want to learn so I can hack my friends computers and have some fun =D

I identify as a hacker in the wider sense of someone who enjoys working with computers. That's pretty much what it used to mean. A lot of people are annoyed that when it came into more widespread use it was redefined to refer to criminal activity, and still use it in the old sense. Theres lots about this sort of thing online, though the links I found on Wikipedia seem a bit too verbose.

In the other sense - no. I'd be no good anyway - I feel physically very nervous about anything like that, probably partly because of a rather combative experience with a school IT department.

I'm pleased to announce that, after my vote, the majority of Dreamviews users are now hackers. Hows that for scary?

Originally Posted by BohmaN

How do you hack? :S I want to learn so I can hack my friends computers and have some fun =D[/b]

Right...

I'm with Seeker on this one :-)

I am a hardware hacker. I dont know enough coding to become a soft-hacker.

Give me your old computers, cell phones, analog radio, used tin bottles.. I can build interesting items.

I could have voted either way, Seeker.

I know nix and TCP/IP. I am responsible for the security of several servers and a small network, and in that capacity have more than a passing familiarity with many of the tools out there.

Before the days of the WWW, I used to hack just to get on the 'net, running NOS through the MERIT system. That's probably as far as I've ever come to breaking into anybody else's system though, except when I've been asked to by folk who have the authority to grant - and back then, the MERIT system was sort of open anyway. They knew we were there and didn't do anything about it.

By today's standards, I'm no hacker, and I certainly wasn't one of the first - but I was in there pretty early and do know my way around. Not sure what you'd call that anymore.

I used to do my share of coding for the community. Nothing malicious, but a few friends and I used to have rootwars with eachother. I've since lost time for a lot of in-depth computer work.

Originally Posted by sourcejedi

I identify as a hacker in the wider sense of someone who enjoys working with computers. That's pretty much what it used to mean.[/b]

Actually, a hacker is someone who breaks into others' systems/find exploits and tells them about their flaws. What people label as hackers nowadays are crackers.

Originally Posted by Aquanina

ARE YOU SERIOUS!??

No way. I do not believe that. Crazy lunatic maybe...but hacker? Nah...[/b]

Yeah You're right about one thing, my mistake Haker Not. Script Kiddie definitely. Remember when Kaniaz found the source code for this guy who exploited DV's?

Code:

<!--
/* MjM'S JAVA CODENAME = FLASH
This JavaScript Code was written CYBER-LORD
I am not responsible for any damage caused by my code.
This code can be modified as long as the Author's Name is still attached.
Email : [email protected]
© Copyright ass bag
*/

But there was something embedded that Kaniaz left out for some odd reason, I know it wasn’t an oversight that’s not like him. HE tagged a Microsoft forum under another Signature that same day. I found the source code on the 2nd exploit and guess what it matched!



EDIT: I voted No on the polls

I live practically a stone's throw away from Kevin Mitnick, though I have yet to see him around...

That said, I'm not a hacker simply because I see no reason to be - I bet I could be if I tried, it's just pointless to me.

Originally Posted by Ne

[/b]

that was an old avatar of mine

Originally Posted by Ne

Yeah You're right about one thing, my mistake Haker Not. Script Kiddie definitely. Remember when Kaniaz found the source code for this guy who exploited DV's?

Code:

<!--
/* MjM'S JAVA CODENAME = FLASH
This JavaScript Code was written CYBER-LORD
I am not responsible for any damage caused by my code.
This code can be modified as long as the Author's Name is still attached.
Email : [email protected]
© Copyright ass bag
*/

But there was something embedded that Kaniaz left out for some odd reason, I know it wasn’t an oversight that’s not like him. HE tagged a Microsoft forum under another Signature that same day. I found the source code on the 2nd exploit and guess what it matched!



EDIT: I voted No on the polls[/b]

What does ANY of that have to do with ShadowNightWing??

Please, don't use that word. Here is what a hacker really is.

1. A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary.
2. One who programs enthusiastically (even obsessively) or who enjoys programming rather than just theorizing about programming.
3. A person capable of appreciating hack value.
4. A person who is good at programming quickly.
5. An expert at a particular program, or one who frequently does work using it or on it; as in `a Unix hacker'. (Definitions 1 through 5 are correlated, and people who fit them congregate.)
6. An expert or enthusiast of any kind. One might be an astronomy hacker, for example.
7. One who enjoys the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming or circumventing limitations.

The term `hacker' also tends to connote membership in the global community defined by the net (see network, the and Internet address). It also implies that the person described is seen to subscribe to some version of the hacker ethic (see hacker ethic).

It is better to be described as a hacker by others than to describe oneself that way. Hackers consider themselves something of an elite (a meritocracy based on ability), though one to which new members are gladly welcome. There is thus a certain ego satisfaction to be had in identifying yourself as a hacker (but if you claim to be one and are not, you'll quickly be labeled bogus). See also wannabee.[/b]

Seeker, I cannot shake the feeling you got this idea from my post in the lounge.

Originally Posted by CymekSniper

Seeker, I cannot shake the feeling you got this idea from my post in the lounge. [/b]

I might have on some subconcious level, not sure. I was just curious.

I'm not a hacker.... But, I think hackers are necessary to a point, so that security flaws can be found and fixed. Kevin Mitnick is a person I admire greatly. I mean, I think of the term hacker as a positive term, because it refers to those who know their stuff about computers.

I'm going to go with yes. Hacker is a broad term.

I can't even get into my own account 1/2 the time.
I disagree that they are necessary.

That is like saying robbers are necessary so new breakthroughs in home security can be found.
No robber no lock.

I'm a fan of Sandra Bullock

does that count?

Originally Posted by Ynot

I'm a fan of Sandra Bullock

does that count?[/b]

ha ha. It took me a minute, but good one!

Originally Posted by Howietzer

ha ha. It took me a minute, but good one![/b]

then you sir, are no hacker
we all have fake nude jpg's of sandra littered about our systems

or so someone told me