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Linux Format censored over 'Learn to Hack' feature (bit-tech)Linux Format censored over 'Learn to Hack' feature (bit-tech)Posted May 7, 2012 6:29 UTC (Mon) by Seegras (subscriber, #20463)In reply to: Linux Format censored over 'Learn to Hack' feature (bit-tech) by fredrik Parent article: Linux Format censored over 'Learn to Hack' feature (bit-tech)
No it should NOT.
Because before RMS or whoever started this campaign, "cracking" referred to "breaking copyprotection or cryptographic/DRM-systems". And it's is still used in that original context of "cracking ciphers".
While the association of "hacking" with "breaking into computer systems" is unfortunate, it doesn't justify to try to associate "cracking", which already meant something else, with it.
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