This is yet another many postings on HN recently that used term hacker as the culprit for what essentially a potential crime committed by cracker or intruder. You won't call a robber, an entrepreneur would you?
Using the word hacker for those doing illegal activities just undermine the hackers community. Please use the correct terminology for the benefit of the relevant societies and communities.
If we want to talk about proper use of terminology, the word "hacker" was adopted by web 2.0 startup scene and became a bullshit buzzword. The original definition has nothing to do with entrepreneurship or malicious intent (as advertised by media and pop culture).
Perhaps you've got a point where HN was originally started by PG for VC related news, if I'm not mistaken.
Personally I cannot recall a single article that misused and abused the term 'hacker' for 'entrepreneur' in HN postings. But if you can point out even one single title in HN posts that replaced the word 'entrepreneur' with 'hacker' it will be helpful. I probably can show you several misused and abused the term 'hacker' or 'hacking' inside HN post titles for the past week alone. Seriously the misuse and abuse of the term need to stop, period.
Using the word hacker for those doing illegal activities just undermine the hackers community. Please use the correct terminology for the benefit of the relevant societies and communities.