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Someone who derives the purpose of hardware and software from its intended use through reverse-engineering or exploiting digital ignorance. There are three types.

White-hats: Hacking for the good. (Goverments, FBI, etc.)

Grey-Hats: Hacking against the law, but for the people. (Think Anonymous.)

Black-Hats: Hacking against the law, for financial or intellectual gain.
Average: Dude, did you hear about the hackers?

Hacker: The Sony security was shit.
by Phexion January 08, 2015
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