A series of similar meanings of the word ‘hack’ were thrown in the air in the 70s, and confused with password cracker or network hacker.

Unethical hacking, the malicious meddling with things clearly illegal was termed ‘black hat’ hacking, mostly involving stealing information or bypassing digital gates to access expensive services for free.

Steven Levy’s 1984 bestseller ‘Hackers’ clearly defined white-hat(or useful and ethical) hacking, describing such people as heroes of the computer revolution.

Hacking still has dark, illegal connotations among the general population and people less familiar with technology...