The article discusses notion of computer hacking and the positive role that computer hackers can play in computing science. The author discusses how computer enthusiasts can create new innovations from outside of the academic or corporate worlds. Many times, computer hackers also alert the computer science industry to vulnerabilities and security flaws that exist within computer software and hardware systems or networks. They also serve to warn against corporate abuse, as was the case with the computer hacker that alerted computing professionals and the media to Sony Corp's "rootkit," which represented a privacy intrusion for computer users.