As nice as it is to think that the world would be in perfect harmony without hackers, it is little more than a pipe dream. Throughout history, humanity has been plagued by the selfish nature of its constituents ('human nature' just does not jive with the 'common good'), and that is a fact I would argue is on par with Death and Taxes. We as a society have to be realistic here, and we as the geek community, the developers of software, have to take the responsibility to make high quality, secure software, because you just can't trust the public. Wasting our efforts by complaining about hackers is foolhardy.
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My apologies for the misuse of the term 'hacker'. Please substitute 'cracker' where necessary.
As nice as it is to think that the world would be in perfect harmony without hackers, it is little more than a pipe dream. Throughout history, humanity has been plagued by the selfish nature of its constituents ('human nature' just does not jive with the 'common good'), and that is a fact I would argue is on par with Death and Taxes. We as a society have to be realistic here, and we as the geek community, the developers of software, have to take the responsibility to make high quality, secure software, because you just can't trust the public. Wasting our efforts by complaining about hackers is foolhardy.