Hackers Become Heroes And Villains

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.

People like Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, and the late Aaron Swartz were targeted by the Government for breaking laws that shouldn’t have been there in the first place.