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General Appearance
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Although the mainstream media may believe otherwise, hackers do not have any
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particular uniform or appearance. Anyone you see in the supermarket could be
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a hacker. Since the majority of people are proletarians the typical hacker
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just looks like any other prole. Occasionally they may be distinguished by
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wearing T-shirts or hoodies with software/distro/conference logos on them.
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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2017-02-12 06:04:03 -05:00
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At the end of the 20th century hackers were mostly caucasian 20-something
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dudes from middle class families and living in Europe or the US, but as computing
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and knowledge became cheaper and more ubiquitous the initially privileged
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profile gave way to total generality. Today the main distinguishing feature
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of hackers is being interested in computers and tinkering with them, not any
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particular physical appearance or economic status.
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