All true hackers have thier own set of ethics, a sort of rules that he/she goes by when hacking. The ethics of a real hacker are much different from that of a lamer or virus spreader. All a lamer cares about is getting warez and forgetting credit where credit is due. All a virus spreader wants to do is spread viruses and delete files. People such as this are to be considered scum, and they give the true hacker a bad name. No skill or artistic expression is required to do what they do. The true hacker goes by his ethical code, respecting the computers he works on and hacks. Here is my code of ethics: