konholio's definitions

hacker

1. A ronin (masterless samurai) who swashbuckles through cyberspace battling security systems in order to liberate imprisoned data.
2. A criminal, dangerous to civil order and accountancy.
3. A lonely, housebound 15-year-old who wants to run free through fields of pure information.

System administrators constantly need to defend against the insurgence of hackers.

by konholio February 14, 2005

phreaker

A phone hacker. A musician who plays the phone keypad the way a hacker plays the keyboard.

A phreaker is always on the lookout for the latest phone codes.

by konholio February 15, 2005

spoof

Impersonation. Identity hacking. Pretending to be another sex, or age, or color, or weight, or ethicality, or someone else altogether.

I spoof to get the guy's password.

by konholio February 15, 2005

cypherpunk

A guerrilla in the war for privacy and lots more encryption.

A cypherpunk considers anonymity as a top priority over everything else.

by konholio February 15, 2005

cyberpunk

1. A citizen of cyberspace
2. A citizen of cyberspace who wears mirrorshades indoors, at night.

He might be a geek, but he might also be a cyberpunk.

by konholio February 14, 2005