{"title":"Do Hackers Provide a Public Service","authors":"V. Gehring","doi":"10.13021/G8PPPQ.222002.383","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Although media reports commonly refer to \"hackers\" as responsible for numerous cybercrimes, the term `hacker' is used imprecisely and too broadly. Hackers possess ethical scruples that both guide their lives and also serve the public interest.","PeriodicalId":82464,"journal":{"name":"Report from the Institute for Philosophy & Public Policy","volume":"56 1","pages":"21-27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2002-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Report from the Institute for Philosophy & Public Policy","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.13021/G8PPPQ.222002.383","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Although media reports commonly refer to "hackers" as responsible for numerous cybercrimes, the term `hacker' is used imprecisely and too broadly. Hackers possess ethical scruples that both guide their lives and also serve the public interest.