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Understanding the hacker mindset

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Understanding the hacker mindset

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Module 12: Developing the Hacker Mindset. Understanding the hacker mindset. Our learning objectives are to explain why the term hacker has been misunderstood, understand what it means to think like a hacker, and explain why it is important to "try smarter." So I wear the badge of hacker proudly. I think the news gets it wrong. I think dictionary definitions get it wrong. Hackers were originally people who were just curious about technology and try to figure things out. The term "cracker," though, has been the -- in essence, the bad people who try to break things and cause destruction. So hacker at the very inception of the term was never supposed to be pejorative or negative, it was supposed to be kind of a badge of honor. And you'll see here at MIT, a hacker was someone who was just interested in technology and creative. So that was a positive thing from the inception of the term "hacker." So I'm part of a group called Hacking is not a Crime, and we basically try to spread the word…

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