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==White-Hat Hacker==
==White-Hat Hacker==
Ethical hackers who work to secure IT systems. Often white-hats hired by corporations and companies to locate and detect any weaknesses in their IT security. White-hat hackers observe the [[hacker ethic]] (aka '''hacktivism'''):
Ethical hackers who work to secure IT systems. Often white-hats hired by corporations and companies to locate and detect any weaknesses in their IT security. White-hat hackers observe the [[hacker ethic]] (aka '''hacktivism'''):
*the belief that information-sharing is a powerful positive good, and that it is an ethical duty of hackers to share their expertise by writing free software and facilitating access to information and computing resources wherever possible; and/or
*the belief that information-sharing is a powerful positive good, and that it is an ethical duty of hackers to share their expertise by writing free software and facilitating access to information and [[computing]] resources wherever possible; and/or
*the belief that system cracking for fun and exploration is ethically acceptable as long as the hacker commits no theft, vandalism, or breach of confidentiality.
*the belief that system cracking for fun and exploration is ethically acceptable as long as the hacker commits no theft, vandalism, or breach of confidentiality.