Are movies to blame for the hacker stereotype? 

There are two definitions of “hacker” the first is the one we geeks mean when we call someone a hacker – a person skilled in using technology, particularly computers, who enjoys understanding the inner workings of that technology, perhaps for personal education. The second is the colloquial definition that refers to someone engaged in breaking [...]   

Read the post from Damian Gordon.in which he looks at hacker movies over the last 40 years.  

 Damian Gordon (2010). Forty years of movie hacking: considering the potential implications of the popular media representation of computer hackers from 1968 to 2008 Int. J. Internet Technology and Secured Transactions, 2 (1/2), 59-87

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