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		Minor49er on March 11, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Googling Strangers: One Professor's Lesson on Priv... > this is how someone "hacked" (if you can call it that) Given that the term "hacker" comes from someone who hacks away at a keyboard until they get a desired result, I would call it that

sneak on March 11, 2021 [–]

The term hacker significantly predates keyboards.

Minor49er on March 12, 2021 | [–]

It's one of the most prevalent origins of the term

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