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    Hacking has existed for over 40 years since the era of phone phreaks but it is often seen negatively. However, the document discusses that there are different types of hacking including ethical hacking which helps find security vulnerabilities. It also mentions hacktivism which uses hacking for political or social causes. In the end, the author believes that hacking should not always be seen as criminal and that hackers are often misunderstood, suggesting a change in mindset is needed to understand its role in progress.

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    Hacking has existed for over 40 years since the era of phone phreaks but it is often seen negatively. However, the document discusses that there are different types of hacking including ethical hacking which helps find security vulnerabilities. It also mentions hacktivism which uses hacking for political or social causes. In the end, the author believes that hacking should not always be seen as criminal and that hackers are often misunderstood, suggesting a change in mindset is needed to understand its role in progress.

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    Hacking has existed for over 40 years since the era of phone phreaks but it is often seen negatively. However, the document discusses that there are different types of hacking including ethical hacking which helps find security vulnerabilities. It also mentions hacktivism which uses hacking for political or social causes. In the end, the author believes that hacking should not always be seen as criminal and that hackers are often misunderstood, suggesting a change in mindset is needed to understand its role in progress.

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    Is Hacking justifiable?

    Name: Amarpreet Wahi


    School: Sharad Pawar International School
    Session: 2008-2010
    Hackers are here. Where are you?
    The explosive growth of the Internet has brought many good things…As with most
    technological advances, there is also a dark side: criminal hackers.

    Hacking, the very word connotes a negative feeling. Hacking basically is the art of
    penetrating computer systems to gain knowledge. Somebody who utilizes this
    knowledge is a hacker.
    History of Hacking
    From phone phreaks to Web attacks, hacking has been a part of computing
    for over 40 years.

    •Phone Phreaks.(1970)

    •The German and the KGB.(1989)

    •Development in Hacking.(1994)

    John Draper
    Paradigm Shift

    •Hacking: as was and as is

    •Criminal hacking

    •Perspective of society

    •Change in hackers
    Ethical Hacking

    •What is Ethical Hacking?

    •Who are Ethical Hackers?

    •Examples

    •Network security Advisors


    Hackvitism

    •Hacking for a Politically or socially motivated


    purpose

    •A Form of free speech to promote political ideology

    •Example - Taliban
    Is it Justified?
    •Hackers misunderstood- Change in mindset needed.

    •Vulnerabilities in the world of Hacking.

    •My Perspective-
    “I Prefer Progress Over Stagnation”

    •A World without Hackers.


    Bibliography
    http://pcworld.about.com/news/Apr102001id45764.htm

    http://
    www.streetdirectory.com/travel_guide/119963/security/what_is_ethical_hacking.html

    Hacking the art of Exploitation by Jon Erickson.

    http://www.thehacktivist.com/whatishacktivism.pdf

    http://www.sptimes.com/Hackers/history.hacking.html

    http://www.mekabay.com/cyberwatch/15hacking.htm

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojFFS_T3UQk
    Thank You.

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