The misuse of hack

[Alex]

Does anyone else get annoyed by idiot friends - and other stupid people, using the word "hack" to mean "I accidentally stayed logged in to Facebook/Hotmail/Gmail on a public PC" etc...

Hack, in a computer context, means to gain access through a loophole etc. The world is now full of these idiots that think their hotmail is "hacked", because somehow their friend found out their password.

/rant

 

[yoyo913]

Yeah I hear it from time to time and usually it is when someone's logged into someone else's account by accident but it doesn't really bother me, nor happens often.

 

[Filipower]

Over here the term "facejacking" is used

 

[Alex]

Facejacking is atleast legit. Hacking is one of those words that alreaedy has a perfectly good meaning, and idiots come along and change it.

 

[ARIAGA II]

Does anyone else get annoyed by idiot friends - and other stupid people, using the word "hack" to mean "I accidentally stayed logged in to Facebook/Hotmail/Gmail on a public PC" etc...

Hack, in a computer context, means to gain access through a loophole etc. The world is now full of these idiots that think their hotmail is "hacked", because somehow their friend found out their password.

/rant

 

[#1 Stunna]

Does anyone else get annoyed by idiot friends - and other stupid people, using the word "hack" to mean "I accidentally stayed logged in to Facebook/Hotmail/Gmail on a public PC" etc...

Hack, in a computer context, means to gain access through a loophole etc. The world is now full of these idiots that think their hotmail is "hacked", because somehow their friend found out their password.

/rant

LOL. Alex, I think someone hacked your SG profile.

But seriously, I agree.

 

[Alex]

LOL. Alex, I think someone hacked your SG profile.

But seriously, I agree.

Yeah, it was drunken Alex

 

[Sepak]

but the worst thing is they got no idea how easy hacking is