How hackers who “give a shit” are helping to preserve Indigenous culture and bridge social gaps

A growing community of Melbourne tech developers are working with social change-makers to create a new face for hackers.

Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) Australia manager Dr Angus Hervey tellsStartupSmart the ways hacking can help humanity are vast.

“[RHoK Australia] connects technologists who give a shit with change-makers like charities,” Hervey says.

Hervey finds that the word ‘hacker’ draws up images of hooded cyber anarchists working in the shadows of the dark web to bring down corporations and the government with recent headlines including yet another data breach, vigilante justice against ISIS and the first-known hacker-caused power outage.

But Hervey’s experience with hackers has been in stark contrast.

“The original meaning of the word ‘hack’ is to create a solution to a problem that hasn’t been created before,” he says. For the full article click here 

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