Hacking: Good or Bad?

What is a hacker? Is it good, is it bad? These are the question being asked everyday in our society. So what is a hacker? Well to an average person a hacker is a person who hacks into computer and into peoples personal information. To a hacker its something like a hobby or art. 

Now the million dollar question, is hacking good or bad? Of course people are going to say it's bad, but I believe we should look at through both perspective. Yes, hacking is bad depending on what the hacker is doing. For instance, if a hacker is hacking into someones computer to steal their personal information (ex. credit cards, social security, banking information, and etc.) then hacking is bad. Hackers have been known to ruin a lot of lives, steal money, and even blackmail people. 

So how can hacking be good? If your a big corporation that has a lot of confidential work on your computers, then hiring a hacker to work for you is probably the best thing to do. The reason for having a hacker as an employee is because a hacker knows what another hacker is capable of doing and how hacker thinks. 

Here is a video from one of the top ten hackers in the world. He explains how he hacked, and how he is now working for a company that wants him to hack. 

Well is hacking good or bad? I guess it all depends on how you use hacking. If it's to harm someone then we can say it's bad, but if hacking is to help someone then I guess hacking is a good thing.