Society Is Classifying Hackers As Youngsters Who Do Not Know Any Better Who Gain

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Term Paper Title	Society Is Classifying Hackers As Youngsters Who Do Not Know Any Better Who Gain
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Society is classifying hackers as "youngsters" who do not know any better who gain access to a technology where they are a threat to the communications and computing world and who will bring it to a standstill; an anti-social loner spending hours, days even weeks in solitude hacking maliciously into forbidden computer systems.  They have a difficult time understanding that the word hacker does not necessarily mean thief, criminal or geek. In reality, a hacker does have human friends, although these friendships are generally maintained through the computer (MacMillian.Hacking.html).
Crackers are typically very young males starting when they are in their early teens (sometimes even younger) to their late twenties.  They are often very fast learners who are bored with the structured schooling environment and tend to zone out during classes.  They would prefer to work on their computers rather than do their homework.  When they are older, they often have jobs in computer-related industry, sometimes with companies they have successfully hacked or cracked (whocrack.html).
There are a few different profiles of a cracker.  The first is a disgruntled employee.  These are the most common types of crackers.  A number of the times, an employee in a large company accesses more information than they should or need or they abuse their authority for personal reasons (for example, looking up a co-worker's account status or a neighbor's credit report).  Worse case scenario includes employees who use this authority to extort money from the company or to blackmail other individuals.
The next profile is the software developer.  With the software industry being so incredibly competitive, the profession is becoming very cut throat.  Developers will crack into other company's systems to snoop around and possibly steal ideas or worse sabotage a software programming in progress.  Some software developers attempt to crack their own systems to test and see how vulnerable their system is.
Third there is the prankster.  These are young individuals who think it is fun to break into the phone company's computers to find unlisted numbers and other 'useful' information.  This is the starting ground for many infamous crackers.  These pranksters are mostly interested in the intellectual challenge of breaking into the system, not making money or damaging any system.
The next type are the professionals.  These are the crackers who work for money.  These professionals are very good at what...

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