On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 01:22 +0530, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Nitesh Mistrymistrynitesh@gmail.com wrote:
But exactly the reverse is what Institute of Chartered Accountants of India teaches in the subject of "Management Information and Control Systems" which is a separate 100 marks paper in our CA syllabus. This is what they asked us in the exam this time- "List the main threats from hacking" And I was supposed to criticise hacking or else stand to loose 4 marks!
The word may imply different things in different context. When used in the Free Software or academic circles, it is what KK defines it as. For a lay person, when used in a technical context, it almost always implies cracking. When used in context of farming it means cutting grass. When used in the military/terrorist/killer context, it means killing people.
But in the most general sence, it means what I had mentioned in my previous email. It is actually like "breaking " a problem into understandable bits and then finding solution in any given situation. So hacking is fun, hacking is being playful and hacking means being constructive and creative. If media is creating a wrong impression about the term, no matter at what scale, then it is our duty to strongly oppose this and inform the masses at large about the proper meaning.
No constitution in the world has the term "hacking " in the list of crimes. There is cyber crime for example but no "hacking ". So if some organisations or media or even educational institutes are using the word in the wrong context then instead of saying "this is what the people believe " we must make people understand that they have been misguided about the *real* meaning of hacking in context of technology.
happy hacking. Krishnakant.
-- Siddhesh Poyarekar http://siddhesh.in