Issue is privacy invasion. Hacking takes a private situation ie a call and makes it public! Basis for the inquiry is factual evidence proved (now) before a committee.
Yes.
Hacking, in terms of computer hacking, is not a very ethical thing to do. By hacking a computer, you are trying to do whatever you should not be doing in the first place, such as hacking a password, hacking someone's ID, etc. Now, if you are hacking a computer to improve your own or someone else's benefit, such as putting up a firewall, that is a good thing to do. It just depends on which side of the line you are on that determines if hacking is ethical.Only that if you hacked some one's system, don't misuse it.
Hacking is someone who makes a piece of material operate the way it shouldn't. Typical example: Hacking is someone who runs a piece of software and makes that software do things it's not supposed to such as send out bugs, viruses or even record someone's activity on the computer
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Ask it to someone else.
Someone who does something wrong and causes a big issue to be made of it, as in, "The politician caused a scandal when he stole taxpayers money."
a virous or someone hacking you.
if they ask you for your password or email.
Phishing is a method which can be used to trick someone into divulging their password or installing software that will capture their password. As such it is more a matter of social engineering than hacking.
Mildly defamatory, suggestive of scandal or wrongdoing about someone.
None. Hacking, or in the terms of someone who does not work for a the government, cracking, is illegal. Hacking is government approved only if you work for the government.
Drive-by hacking is when someone uses an unsecured wireless network to either gain access to that networks resources or using that internet connection for hacking into other systems on the internet making themselves almost untraceable.