What do you think when you hear the word hacking and hackers? Despite what people may think, hacking isn’t always a problem. In the two articles I have read, the difference between good hackers and bad hackers is explained. “Hacking and Hackers” (Article 1) and “Good Hackers, Bad Hackers. What’s the Difference?:The Difference between Destruction and Protection” (Article 2) differentiate between length, the sources, and the examples each article provides, yet are similar in that they to the same central topic of hacking, and how white and black hat hackers differ, as the main objective.
In the introduction of this article, the author explains that there are good and bad hackers. He continues by explaining the three different types of hackers, the white hat hackers, the gray hat hackers, and the black hat hackers. It states in the reading, that around the 1950s, a group of model-train enthusiasts decided to tinker with the electronics within their model trains and the switches the run them, in doing so the group had improved their performance and came up with the term. Though hacking was first introduced in the 1950s, the author sticks to the more malicious acts of hacking which began around the 1980s when personal computers (PC) were first introduced. He goes on to explain, different occasions when hacking had taken place. In 1988, a man by …show more content…
In article 1 the article is roughly 3 pages, whereas the second article is only 2. The two articles were slightly different relating to the central topic. Length doesn’t always play a huge role in a piece of work. Two articles could be a number of pages and still be able to sum up the same amount of information. Both of the articles gave a good amount of information while still remaining short. Keeping it short and to the point is best for articles, so that the reader doesn’t get bored or sidetracked and move on to something
In the introduction of this article, the author explains that there are good and bad hackers. He continues by explaining the three different types of hackers, the white hat hackers, the gray hat hackers, and the black hat hackers. It states in the reading, that around the 1950s, a group of model-train enthusiasts decided to tinker with the electronics within their model trains and the switches the run them, in doing so the group had improved their performance and came up with the term. Though hacking was first introduced in the 1950s, the author sticks to the more malicious acts of hacking which began around the 1980s when personal computers (PC) were first introduced. He goes on to explain, different occasions when hacking had taken place. In 1988, a man by …show more content…
In article 1 the article is roughly 3 pages, whereas the second article is only 2. The two articles were slightly different relating to the central topic. Length doesn’t always play a huge role in a piece of work. Two articles could be a number of pages and still be able to sum up the same amount of information. Both of the articles gave a good amount of information while still remaining short. Keeping it short and to the point is best for articles, so that the reader doesn’t get bored or sidetracked and move on to something