Hackers
Keren Elazari talks about Hackers and their importance in society. At the start of the talk, she mentions about Barnaby Jack, who developed a mechanism to hack ATMs. Instead of using those loopholes to cheat or do any fraud, Barnaby presented a report based on his hacking that could enable to make ATM machines more robust. Keren recalls that Barnaby Jack famously said that it is sometimes important to give a demonstration of a threat so that people can work on a solution. Keren cites another example of Khalil Shreateh; a Palestinian hacker who found a potential vulnerability in Facebook privacy. Khalil tried to contact Facebook but got no response and as a result, he used his findings to hack and post on Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page.
Keren in her talks provide some valuable insights into ethical hacking and how it could be beneficial in making products, services, and data more secure. Keren goes on to say that hackers are people who cannot see something broken and when they see they either try to take advantage or fix it. Hackers do what they do for attention.
I do agree with Karen’s views on hacking that ethical hacking should be promoted, and it must be used as a tool for making present website services and other information related data more secure. Hacking adds value as testers add value to the development of a product. Hacking which is done for illegal activities must be considered as illegal, but not all hackers should be viewed under the same scanner. People like Khalil who exposed the vulnerability in Facebook must be hailed. Ending statements of Karen that power must not reside only in the hands of government and corporate, but it should be distributed. I believe that in the information world where we live currently, hackers would play even more important roles (Elazari).
Works Cited
Elazari, Keren. Hackers: The Internet's Immune System| Ted Talks. 2014. Web. 23 Apr. 2016.
