A cikin tsaro na kwamfuta, dan gwanin kwamfuta shine wanda ya mai da hankali kan hanyoyin tsaro na tsarin kwamfuta da hanyoyin sadarwa. Yayin da ya haɗa da waɗanda suke ƙoƙari don ƙarfafa irin waɗannan hanyoyin, ana amfani da shi sau da yawa ta hanyar kafofin watsa labaru da al'adun gargajiya don komawa ga waɗanda ke neman samun dama duk da waɗannan matakan tsaro. Wato, kafofin watsa labaru suna nuna 'hacker' a matsayin mugun mutum. Duk da haka, ɓangarorin al'adun ƙasa suna ganin manufar su a cikin gyara matsalolin tsaro kuma suna amfani da kalmar a cikin ma'ana mai kyau. Farin farin hat shine sunan da aka ba wa masu fashin kwamfuta masu ɗabi'a, waɗanda ke amfani da hacking a cikin hanya mai amfani. Farin farin hat yana zama wani ɓangare na wajibi na filin tsaro na bayanai. Suna aiki a ƙarƙashin lambar, wanda ya yarda cewa shiga cikin kwamfutocin wasu mutane ba shi da kyau, amma ganowa da kuma amfani da hanyoyin tsaro da shiga cikin kwamfutoci har yanzu aiki ne mai ban sha'awa wanda za'a iya yi da ɗabi'a da tsaro. Dangane da mahallin, wannan kalmar tana da ma'ana mai ƙarfi ko
ɗan fashin kwamfuta