Kristo Tammsoo SPEAIT

 Pekka Himanen quotes seven different values that are applicable to hackers of the modern age.  The first one is passion. If you do not have that certain passion in etched into you then you would probably burn out quickly. It is passion that drives the hackers to do what they do, they have the constant urge to try to explore, exploit and create.  The second one is freedom. A feeling of freedom is produced when you realize that you have the ability to create or break into anything you want. This kind of links into the first value, because freedom often drives our passion. The third one is work ethic. A modern day hacker definitely needs to have a good work ethic in order to succeed, because the work is not often easy and you need to work relentlessly if you want to overcome certain obstacles. The fourth one is money ethic. It is often important to realize that money is not everything. To quote Joker from the Batman franchise: "It's not about the money, it's about sending a...

 Online censorship and privacy is a delicate matter, because it is often hard to draw a line between right and wrong. For example, if someone is plotting a plan to shoot up the school with their friends in a Facebook messenger group chat, then obviously we would want the authorities to intervene and stop the potential threat. But for them to intervene they would need to have access to everyone's chat logs and they would need to be constantly scanning for suspicious activity. But that would make the platform less attractive to potential customers, because you most likely would not want the authorities to be sniffing around everything you message to your peers online.  Take for example an online forum board that is called 4chan. You can post nearly everything there without the fear of being censored. Almost all content you can imagine is posted on there, but of course it is not complete anarchy. There are strict rules in place and if there is any violation of those rules then th...