As A Young Boy, I

Of Course I'm Sure Half The People There Hate Me And Half The People Like Me

All They Need To Do Is To Set Up Some Website Somewhere Selling Some Bogus Product At Twenty Percent Of The Normal Market Prices And People Are Going To Be Tricked Into Providing Their Credit Card Numbers.

It Was Used For Decades To Describe Talented Computer Enthusiasts, People Whose Skill At Using Computers To Solve Technical Problems And Puzzles Was - And Is - Respected And Admired By Others Possessing Similar Technical Skills.

It Doesn't Work The Same Way Everywhere. The Americans Are The Most Gullible, Because They Don't Like To Deny Co-workers' Requests. People In The Former Soviet Bloc Countries Are Less Trusting, Perhaps Because Of Their Previous Experiences With Their Countries' Secret Services.

So What I Was Essentially Doing Was, I Compromised The Confidentiality Of Their Proprietary Software To Advance My Agenda Of Becoming The Best At Breaking Through The Lock.