Hacking (BYTE)

In the world of computer science, being a hacker means you know what’s up, and you have street cred. Outside of technology circles, though, hacking is more associated with things like data breaches, ransomware, and malware. So where does the term come from, and why does it have different meanings to different people? In our conversation with Meredith Broussard, a professor at New York University, we explore the roots of hacking, and what it says about society’s relationship with technology today. Find out more at rawdatapodcast.com

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Hacking (BYTE) is an episode from Raw Data by Stanford, PRX, and The Sloan Foundation.

This episode is 12:59 long.

This episode was published on Oct 10, 2019.

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