Hacking is not a crime! Hacking is often confused with the cyber attacks that are occasionally reported in the news. Hacking is much more than unauthorized intrusion into foreign computer systems. A hacker is someone who wants to understand and explore the technology, systems, and world around them. It's about questioning processes that usually remain hidden. Discovering and exploring new things. Finding new ways and questioning old ones. Hacking is a philosophy of life that allows you to go through life with open eyes, a thirst for knowledge, and full of curiosity. In his 1984 book Hackers, Steven Levy describes the new cyber cultures and summarizes their opinions and views in six principles of hacker ethics. In Germany, two sentences were later added to the hacker ethics.

The principles of hacker ethics were written down thirty years ago, but they are still relevant today. If not even more so than back then. Computers, regardless of their size or area of application, have become indispensable. They make our everyday lives and communication easier, provide entertainment, and give us access to the internet. But very few people really understand how a computer works or how to make the best use of the internet without paying with their data. Our project is an invitation to learn more about the topic.

The students want to explore what hacker ethics means exactly on their Hackergirls FFC website. Above all, however, they want to bring these topics and their enthusiasm for them to people who would not otherwise engage with them. The goal is therefore to design the website in such a way that it invites discovery and, above all, is fun. Both in terms of content and visuals.

Aesthetically, they have taken their cue from a mixture of websites, operating systems from the 80s and 90s, and the colorful flashing lights of the Chaos Communication Congress.