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the art of pretending code respects you, then proving it doesn't.
means the practice of bypassing software protections or ciphers by finding and exploiting their weaknesses.
from from telephone hackers who cracked open phone networks in the 1970s, the term later split from hacking to mean specifically breaking security rather than just exploring systems.
vs hackinghacking builds or explores, cracking breaks locks
1980s splithacker culture disowned the word to save reputation
password crackingoften just guessing faster, not smarter
legal gray zonesame skills, different intent, wildly different sentences