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HACKTIVIST: HACKING AS AN ETHICAL AND CONSIDER
AS UNETHICAL MOVE IN WORLD WIDE WEB
A Research Paper Presented to
Mr. Dustin Celestino
School of Multimedia Arts Asia Pacific College
Magallanes, Makati City
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Course
ERESWRT ABMA-123
Term 3, school year 2012-2013
by
Krisleen June B. Rivera
February 2013
Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study
Before the world of computers came up, the word hack is already used a long time ago. From the era of the creative minds, Socrates and Galileo, hack can be a different word to them but it means they have their own theory and techniques on how to manage to run not a system but the mind of others. Having a subject like Information Security, there are some chapters that will be discuss using .PDF files and there will also be a short documentary viewing about hacking. The word hack was already existed since then. It even started on the telephone lines. Some of the hackers are called “phreaks” or “Phone Phreaking”. It is the art and science of cracking the phone network (so as, for example, to make free long-distance calls). By extension, security-cracking in any other context (especially, but not exclusively, on communications networks).
Age does not matter on hackers. Hackers can be around their mid-20s or 30s and above. There are also teens who can hack different kind of system just by using their computers and doing some hacking skills. Many kind of attacks can be executed not just physically but also through the use of systems and computers. There is an article from outspan which is Meaning of Hacking and the Different Kind of Hackers. The author named outspan said that, “When you hear news about hackers penetrating a website, your reaction will typically involve dilating pupils and astonishment -- if the website is your own, symptoms may include a big deal of swearing and deep hate for the hacking community as well. What you probably
AS UNETHICAL MOVE IN WORLD WIDE WEB
A Research Paper Presented to
Mr. Dustin Celestino
School of Multimedia Arts Asia Pacific College
Magallanes, Makati City
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Course
ERESWRT ABMA-123
Term 3, school year 2012-2013
by
Krisleen June B. Rivera
February 2013
Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study
Before the world of computers came up, the word hack is already used a long time ago. From the era of the creative minds, Socrates and Galileo, hack can be a different word to them but it means they have their own theory and techniques on how to manage to run not a system but the mind of others. Having a subject like Information Security, there are some chapters that will be discuss using .PDF files and there will also be a short documentary viewing about hacking. The word hack was already existed since then. It even started on the telephone lines. Some of the hackers are called “phreaks” or “Phone Phreaking”. It is the art and science of cracking the phone network (so as, for example, to make free long-distance calls). By extension, security-cracking in any other context (especially, but not exclusively, on communications networks).
Age does not matter on hackers. Hackers can be around their mid-20s or 30s and above. There are also teens who can hack different kind of system just by using their computers and doing some hacking skills. Many kind of attacks can be executed not just physically but also through the use of systems and computers. There is an article from outspan which is Meaning of Hacking and the Different Kind of Hackers. The author named outspan said that, “When you hear news about hackers penetrating a website, your reaction will typically involve dilating pupils and astonishment -- if the website is your own, symptoms may include a big deal of swearing and deep hate for the hacking community as well. What you probably