Rantz reckons, since he had passwords he wasn't actually *hacking*.

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  October 08, 2008 at 11:24 DeeBee says oh, that's most definitely hacking. Hacking is any unauthorised access. And they weren't his ID and password anyway.
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  October 08, 2008 at 11:24 DeeBee says that's what outsourcing gets you!
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  October 08, 2008 at 11:40 tremaine says I'm with rantz on this one - not hacking. It's a lot of not good things, but hacking isn't the right word to describe it.
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  October 08, 2008 at 11:41 tremaine says the word hacking has been so abused by the media. It's like the overuse and abuse of the word terrorist. Argh.
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  October 08, 2008 at 11:42 DeeBee says as I said
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  October 08, 2008 at 11:43 DeeBee says hacking has always meant unauthorised access to systems
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  October 08, 2008 at 11:45 soulcreates is with DingoBarbie on this one
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  October 08, 2008 at 12:28 teachingmother says I liked that his name was Macintosh
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  October 08, 2008 at 12:31 tremaine says I should really just give up the battle to reclaim that word, it's been redefined by the media and government...
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  October 08, 2008 at 12:31 sociallydistressed says hacking has never meant unauthorized access to systems. It's meaning has been warped to mean that.
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  October 08, 2008 at 12:32 tremaine says it didn't use to mean that, at all. It's much broader definition is to use a system or application in a way unexpected by it's creator.
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  October 08, 2008 at 12:33 sociallydistressed says Hacking is figuring out how to make things work in new ways.
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  October 08, 2008 at 12:35 sociallydistressed says tremaine I will never get it up. I'm a hardcore white-hat hacker, and always will be.
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  October 08, 2008 at 12:58 tremaine says I feel your pain - I'm a network security consultant
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  October 08, 2008 at 15:29 classicalgeek says cracking is gaining unauthorized access. hacking is a philosophy.
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  October 08, 2008 at 15:30 classicalgeek says You know the saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"? Hackers say, "If I can fix it, it must by definition be broken."
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  October 08, 2008 at 15:30 classicalgeek says or, the Principle of Infinite Perfectibility.
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  October 08, 2008 at 15:30 sociallydistressed says true classicalgeek. Unfortunately most people don't know the distinction.
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  October 08, 2008 at 15:32 sociallydistressed says even the dictionaries get it wrong.
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  October 08, 2008 at 17:13 peach If my ex has a key and I don't change the locks, when he comes in breaks my china, it's trespassing and willful destruction of property ...
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  October 08, 2008 at 17:13 peach but I don't think it's break and enter
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  October 08, 2008 at 22:15 Gina70r never off a computer guy