That is the most ignorant post I have seen in a long time, I can not believe it got modded up. Comparing thieves to working people...
In most cases a hacker is nothing more than a thief and criminal, the article is correct, they should not be glorified.
That being said, someone like "Timothy McGee" (NCIS), that occasionally needs to hack something to save a life, etc... is the kind of "hacker" that is OK to glorify.