On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 12:54 PM, DK <wplug@curlynoodle.com> wrote:
I agree that SFD should be labeled as "hackers". Mainstream media and advertising uses the term "hacker" to describe a person engaged in criminal behavior. As such, the vast majority of the public have no conception of an "ethical hacker"; its just an oxymoron to most.
I'd go as far as to suggest that ethical hacking isn't at all something we want to be associated with, even in the "tech-savvy" definition. Identifying security vulnerabilities is ethical; exploiting them is not. We are not here to force FOSS onto people, and changing their homepage is akin to making them wake up at the back of a Wal-Mart every morning. We are simply here to encourage them to make their own decision, as they'll probably choose the free software (the cheapest blank CDs?).