Tinker ☀️May 17, 2024

A simple observation:

"White Hat Hacker" is NOT synonymous with "Ethical Hacker"

You can legally protect an unethical corporation and in doing so, you are an accomplice to their unethical actions.

You can ethically hack to protect people and still be conducting illegal activities.

Do not conflate the two terms.

#hacking #infosec

Show threadKonstantin WeddigeMay 17, 2024

@tinker the question is, which one is which. Both terms have been (mis)used as marketing terms and are not really well defined.

Maybe it's time for a new, untainted term for an morally motivated hacker. 🤔

Show threadKonstantin WeddigeMay 17, 2024
@tinker Although I think we would be better off if we canned the whole concept of defining the person and started talking about the act of an ethical or moral hack.
Show threadJ Wolfgang Goerlich
@weddige @tinker I never much cared for the term ethical hacker. Most all hackers are ethical. Now whether we agree with their ethics or not, that’s a separate question.
May 17, 2024 at 9:23pmWeb
Show threadMagnesiumMay 17, 2024
@jwgoerlich @weddige @tinker huh, I had an opposite experience, chatting with mafiaboy before he got caught. I said he should hack ethically and his response was that ethics had no place in hacking. Mind you he was like 14 at the time and was more excited at what he was able to do than the impact of his actions, but I think it still highlights an oppositional view for greed and destructive purposes