Hacker, phracker, and cracker?.

Anovamatrix · Post by **Anovamatrix** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 4:37 am

which one is the best?

plope0726 · Post by **plope0726** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:09 am

Anovamatrix wrote:which one is the best?

What the hell is a phracker?

koolpop0 · Post by **koolpop0** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 4:38 am

phreak maybe?

Liidian · Post by **Liidian** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:41 am

Anovamatrix wrote:which one is the best?

Becoming a baker is probably the best you can accomplish.

plope0726 · Post by **plope0726** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 4:56 pm

koolpop0 wrote:phreak maybe?

Assuming phone "phreak" is what he means, then the answer to his question is none of the above, each has a different type of "skill" and many times each possesses the other two skills. For example a hacker probably knows the phone systems pretty well, a phone phreak can probably hack a computer, and a crack usually needs some kind of hacking skills. (I'm using the term cracker in the sense of someone who cracks encryption).

Now if you want to go back to the original meanings of these terms, a hacker is a person who is intrigued with programming and writing code "elegantly" a phone phreak is someone who knows the phone system internal and takes advantage of it for their own benefit (ie making free calls) And a cracker is flat type of bread originally made from just flour and water and is usually salted.

PaRaDoX · Post by **PaRaDoX** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 10:01 pm

plope0726 wrote:
koolpop0 wrote:phreak maybe?
And a cracker is flat type of bread originally made from just flour and water and is usually salted.

No.

Salted crackers are usually salted. They get labeled differently :3

koolpop0 · Post by **koolpop0** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 2:13 am

lol +5

a hacker and cracker are usually what you hear about now adays isnt it?

it depends on what you like

phreak in my opinon is useless in less you steal information that is

plope0726 · Post by **plope0726** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:50 am

koolpop0 wrote:lol +5

a hacker and cracker are usually what you hear about now adays isnt it?

it depends on what you like

phreak in my opinon is useless in less you steal information that is

Well a "phreak" or phone phreak is from like the 70s to maybe early 90s, I suppose their are still phone phreaks out there but not like they used to be. Back then the phone system was much less secure than it is today. For example you used to be able to go to a pay phone and make a free call by sticking a pin in the right cord to create a ground thus giving you dial tone. most of that shit doesn't work anymore however I'm sure that there are new methods around. Phreak were kind of like the precursor to today's hackers.

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