# Cracker

Crackers are either "bad [hackers](hacking.md)" that break into computer systems or the good people who with the power of [hacking](hacking.md) remove artificial barriers to obtaining and sharing [information](information.md); for example they help remove [DRM](drm.md) from [games](game.md) or leak data from secret databases. This is normally illegal which makes the effort even more admirable.

Cracker is also food.

Cracker is also the equivalent of [nigger-word](nigger.md) for the white people.