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antihacker

adj

Etymology

From anti- + hacker.

  1. inherited from *keg-✻
  2. inherited from *hakkōną✻ — “to chop, hack”
  3. inherited from *hakkōn✻ — “to chop, hack”
  4. inherited from *haccian✻ — “to hack”
  5. inherited from hackere
  6. prefixed as antihacker — “anti + hacker”

Definitions

  1. Opposing or countering computer hackers.

    • The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, frequently amended, remains an important weapon in the federal government's antihacker arsenal.

  2. One who is employed to detect and counter computer hackers.

    • Firewalls provide some protection as well as Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSes), but there is so much white noise for viruses and scans that many real hack attacks may go unnoticed, except by very skilled antihackers.
    • I mean, these antihackers are much in demand, make huge salaries, and likely were not at all interested in politics.

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