It is interesting what people think about when they hear the word hacker. You mention the word hacker and people think you are evil and up to no good. To learn more about hackers check out this video of Darren Kitchen from Hak5.
Hak5 is a great place to start if you are interested in learning about hacking and computers. Want to dive deeper check out this excellent collection of free courses about computers –> free courses.
Remember hackers are people too… and they just might save the world or your computer from a bad virus/spyware infection!
