Here I am sitting in bed. I was just about to turn in for the night when I saw an article that Space Rogue had shared on Twitter. Sadly, I clicked on it.
Why sadly you say?
Because I did not heed the warning in his text when he said,
I suspect that @BrentALang is going to get a lot of flack for his misunderstanding of the ‘H’ word and deservedly so
— Space Rogue (@spacerog) February 3, 2012
At first when I started to read the article I rolled my eyes and thought “here we go again” but, I was wrong. It was much worse than I had imagined. The author was completely out to lunch.
From The Wrap:
“The word ‘hacker’ has an unfairly negative connotation from being portrayed in the media as people who break into computers,†Zuckerberg wrote. “In reality, hacking just means building something quickly or testing the boundaries of what can be done. Like most things, it can be used for good or bad, but the vast majority of hackers I’ve met tend to be idealistic people who want to have a positive impact on the world.â€
That’s a spirited defense of a means of protest that has wreaked havoc on a litany of Fortune 500 companies over the last year.
Recent high-profile hackings have targeted everyone from Sony to Universal Music Group to the Motion Picture Association of America. Many of those attacks have been coordinated in response to the shut down of the digital locker Megaupload and two controversial anti-piracy bills.
Brent Lang, allow me to introduce you to a tool that we call Google. You might of heard of it. Better yet, let me help you with that. Click this link http://lmgtfy.com/?q=hacker
I’m hoping that the community can rally together and take up a collection to buy Brent a clue.
In the event that the referenced article disappears in the night, we have an archive.
Source: Article Link
UPDATE: Sweet mercy, Reuters picked up that piece of crap article. (H/T @ThisIsHNN)
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