Hacking

While hacking hasn't made itself a mainstream problem for the globe, it has certainly delved into the world as a mysterious and intriguing ability possessed only by those willing enough to learn it. I had known before the documentary that hacking had started with phone-hacking, back in the 50s, but was surprised that the same people who had made those hacks were also some of the first to create personal computers, and more technology we find important now-a-days.

Hacking is a term used in a negative light today, but the term just refers to the ability to alter a system, and it doesn't have to be in a harmful way. "Cracking" software using other programs is a type of hack, and is used many times a day by various citizens that wouldn't even consider that "hacking". These every-day hacks are harmless, but still a part of what is deemed as hacking.