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If the word “doxing” makes you think of puppies, and the word “hacker” has you imagining a zit-faced, social outcast eating junk food in his or her parents’ basement, it’s time to head to the anthropology section of your local library or bookstore and start reading up on “hacktivism,” or online activism.
(Source: Washington Post)
“That world, long inaccessible to the general public, is about to open up. Enter rankmyhack.com, a Web site claiming to be the hacker community’s ‘first elite hacker ranking system.’” - Brian D. Fung, “It’s official: Hacking has been gamified,” The Washington Post.