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Originally Posted by Rob M
Clarification: A Person who cracks/reflashes a cable modem to steal services from any company is not a 'Hacker'. At best they are a 'Cracker', if people really must romanticise these things, in reality though they are nothing but a 'Thief' (or T413f if you will).
Thank you. This has been a public service broadcast on behalf of real Hackers everywhere.
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I felt like making this clarification myself, but I figured it was pointless as the mass media has repeatedly tarred both hackers (people who push the limits of their own computers and systems without harming or stealing from others) and crackers with the same brush for so long, 99% of people probably wont accept theres a difference anymore.