Hacking for Jesus

[ThatRobGuy]

...but back to the question at hand....don't hack!!!! We also learned what happens to hackers in our web-ethics class....it's bad news

 

[Quantos]

I see noone answered my point.

That the sites there hacking have nothing to do with anything illigal

 

[Tangnefedd]

I never asked what sort of 'disgusting' stuff are were talking about being put on a kid's website. Of course porn and violence are terrible and no website for kids should tolerate such things. I wonder if the questioner had something more esoteric in mind, something that might offend him but not the rest of us?

 

[simplicity]

It might be easier just to tell the kids not to visit the website anymore.

 

[Tangnefedd]

If you tell kids not to visit a website that will encourage them to do so!

 

[paulnoel]

If a person hosts a website with disgusting pictures and posts a link on children-oriented websites to trick them into clicking on it, would a Christian hacker be justified in hacking the person's website to protect innocent children?

What if he took down the gruesome photos and put up a biblical passage instead?

There is a group that does things like this...

W.W.J.D.​

 

[ChrisLockhart]

successful hacking requires dishonesty.. which is not a very Christian quality.

Proverbs 12:5 "The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit."
Depending on the type of hacking, and the work that goes into repairing what was done.. the commandment of stealing would apply as well.

 

[Tangnefedd]

When it comes down to it parents should be monitoring what their young children see on the Internet.

 

[Quantos]

successful hacking requires dishonesty.. which is not a very Christian quality.

Proverbs 12:5 "The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit."
Depending on the type of hacking, and the work that goes into repairing what was done.. the commandment of stealing would apply as well.

Not true.

Hacking is a way of figuring out how stuff works, software / websites / computers / hardware ect. I hack my stuff a lot to see how it works.

Your thinking of cracking.

 

[Tangnefedd]

Hacking illegal and you will be up in court if the authorities discover what you are up to. Hackers are a menace!

 

[ChrisLockhart]

Not true.

Hacking is a way of figuring out how stuff works, software / websites / computers / hardware ect. I hack my stuff a lot to see how it works.

Your thinking of cracking.

True enough.. I was just going along with the term used by the OP, no need for me to complicate the matter by correcting them. I used to point out the difference as well, but I really don't care anymore.

 

[Shannonkish]

If a person hosts a website with disgusting pictures and posts a link on children-oriented websites to trick them into clicking on it, would a Christian hacker be justified in hacking the person's website to protect innocent children?

What if he took down the gruesome photos and put up a biblical passage instead?

There is a group that does things like this...

LOL. This is classic! I don't think I have ever heard a suggestion such as this. Interesting.

 

[Chrysalis Kat]

Don't most of the Net Nanny type programs prevent kids from accidentally clicking via linking into these sites? Wouldn't the porn filters catch them and block them?

 

[Shannonkish]

I think they block out the majority of them. I know at my college, we had an extremely strict filter, however, if you searched the right words, you could get around it.

 

[Psalms34]

Not true.

Hacking is a way of figuring out how stuff works, software / websites / computers / hardware ect. I hack my stuff a lot to see how it works.

Your thinking of cracking.

Cracking is a very old term. It's a term meant for cracking encryption or copy protection on software so it can be reproduced or copied.

No, hacking is not illegal in itself, but in this case it certainly is.

 

[Chrysalis Kat]

I think they block out the majority of them. I know at my college, we had an extremely strict filter, however, if you searched the right words, you could get around it.

Chances are you college folks are a little smarter than kids
I have friends with kids and they are always complaining about all the sites they can't visit on their computers so I think I think these programs work well.I don't have kids but I assume that most parents have safeguards installed on their systems.

 

[Ave Maria]

Hacking is illegal and is one of the things that I am extremely opposed to. As a person with 1 year of computer networking college, I can tell you that I knew a few hackers back in college. Hacking is never right if you ask me. If you found a site like this and that was going on, you should first contact the site. If that doesn't solve it then contact the appropriate authorities.

 

[Tangnefedd]

If I thought anyone on these forums was hacking I would have no hesitation in informing the authorites, who would soon be able to track down the idiot responsible! I believe hackers get sent to prison.

 

[Psalms34]

Um no I'll say it again, hacking is not illegal. Hacking something you are not supposed to hack is illegal though. If I hacked my own server would I be a criminal for doing so? Duh, no! What do you think the system security guys learn to do to protect their systems? Read illegal books and sit on their hands? In fact you can get a nice security/hacking job with the government (US) if you have the skill and education for it. Hacking is not illegal, only hacking something that you are not supposed to is what is illegal.

 

[ThatRobGuy]

If I thought anyone on these forums was hacking I would have no hesitation in informing the authorites, who would soon be able to track down the idiot responsible! I believe hackers get sent to prison.

I definately agree with what you're saying....I know from a few classes that I've taken what kind of damage hacking can do....The tricky thing is, most hackers are smart enough to cover their tracks. They'll either do it from a public library, or a WiFi hotspot at a coffee shop or something.....so the IP address couldn't be linked to any of their information, just the provider.

What are the authorities gonna do??, shut down starbucks because the hacking came from their wireless connection.... I've heard of people doing it from the parking lots of coffee shops with their notebook PC's. Rarely are they stupid enough to do it from their home computer.