What an era to be tagged broomstick, an era that i describe as simple when broomsticks at the door was a respected symbol to denote absence of the inhabitants and others understand and honor the privacy of the home.(Less security, respected privacy).
Example of BROOMSTICKs approach was being used by post office, For instance "A" sends a mail to "B" and to confirm that "B" receives the mail, a paper receipt is being signed traditionally by "B" confirming the receipt of the mail, this is still in used today both for physical and electronic mail delivery using digital signature device most especially in post office.
Digital signature is an example of the modern day security measure, instead of the example described above, "A" exchanging mails with "B" is much more secured, "A" a will send mails using his private key to encrypt the messages and the mail is only readable by "B" provided he has the public key of "A" but there is need for another party "C" to provide certification. To verify the message sent by "A", "B" software uses "C" public key to check the signature, if the signature is de-encrypted successfully, "B" is assured that the signature was created using "A" private key. This has saved the stress, time and resources of carrying out transactions in private and public sector alike in today`s world even cross-border transactions(CRYPTOGRAPHY) in banking, post services, enterprises and everywhere.
A key issue on the subject is the effect of technology on society. Advent of technology brought good and bad to a simple world, hence, today there is mass access for example to computers and technologies less security and privacy. This is due to the presence of privacy intruder but innovator and game changers called HACKERS. Prior this course, hackers and criminals to me are interchangeable. This notion though not completely erased even in the minds of majority, but its becoming clear to me that hackers are game changing and innovating dynamic fan of technology because bulk of the technological based businesses emanated from hacking activities by individuals, groups or organisations e.g. is Peter Samson and club(Tech Model Railroad Club) of MIT in the book titled "Hackers, Heroes of the Computer Revolution "by Stephen Levy where a hack is attributed to innovation, style and technical virtuosity.
My question is that looking at hacking from the perspective above, why then is security and privacy an issue or better but is hacking criminal?
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