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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>dark-side hacker</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="dangling-pointer.html" title="dangling pointer"/><link rel="next" href="Datamation.html" title="Datamation"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">dark-side hacker</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dangling-pointer.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Datamation.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="dark-side-hacker"/><dt xmlns="" id="dark-side-hacker"><b>dark-side hacker</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A criminal or malicious hacker; a <a href="../C/cracker.html"><i class="glossterm">cracker</i></a>.
From George Lucas's Darth Vader, &#8220;<span class="quote">seduced by the dark side of the
Force</span>&#8221;. The implication that hackers form a sort of elite of
technological Jedi Knights is intended. Oppose
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