Hacker Manifesto

Wark's Hacker Manifesto definitely changed my own and I think a lot of peoples in the class's definition of a hacker. Until reading the article the only thing I could really relate hacking or  a "hacker" to was identity theft and fraud. In the early days of the internet becoming mainstream    (I might even be to young to reference that), but what I remember to be the start of it all, my mother constantly warned me about all the horror that could come from putting all your private information out there, online, for all to see. At that time, all my other friends got to order their sold out Abercrombie threads online, but I was banned from even asking my mother to let me put all her credit card and personal information online. Although I've always fought her on this and her stubborn ways, I am aware of how easy it is to "get hacked". After reading the article and as I journey more and more into the art would especially the digital side of things I'm confronted with hacking again. But this time, it's seen as this marvelous thing. People are rewarded for using programs in ways in which they weren't intended; and I'm intrigued. I'm intrigued with the technology and programs that are being hacked and the great things that are coming from it. If I were a programer I guess I'd be pissed to see all my hard work get hacked, but as an artist all that comes to mind as a defense is re-appropriation. There can be no validation of a hack or theft if what is being used is used in a way that no way resembles the original.