The basic difference between hackers and crackers is that hackers build things and crackers break them. Crackers are mainly adolescent males who get a kick out of breaking into computers and cause mayhem. Real hackers are the ones that created the system that the cracker broke into. Hackers base their prestige not by race, religion, or skin color, much like most cultures. They base their status by how well one programs and uses a computer.
Crackers have no real talent because they are just destroying what someone has already done.
Hackerdom's most revered demigods are people who have written large, capable programs that met a widespread need and given them away, so that now everyone uses them. Hackers should be revered as modern day Robin Hoods, not thieves and robbers. Conclusion In conclusion, the hacker is not a criminal, rather a hero. Without people such as hackers the world would be in the dark to those who have the power of information. Also, the explosion of the information super highway has just begun.