A
tongue-in-cheek phrase used by non-technical users to describe a way of getting more out of the Internet than typically allowed by the ubiquitous
hobbling, trial periods, deliberate limitations and otherwise
malevolent crippling of software for unwarranted or undeserved commercial gain.
"Last night we
figured out a way to hack the Internet good when we used
Skype and
MSN together for free multi-party videoconferencing."