Why are people so computer-illiterate?

I mean, today there are millions of people using their computer on a daily basis, yet they're all so fucking ignorant of how shit works. The average computer user doesn't know what a fucking programming language is, let alone how it works.

I was talking to a guy the other day who thought he had hacked his friend's MSN account. I asked how he went about this and he said he guessed his friend's secret password question. Then we had a long and fucking retarded argument about what hacking actually is.

Long story short: Why are people so fucking ignorant of a tool they use on a daily basis?

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But it is a correct and the most popular usage of the word "hacker".

OED to the rescue:

hacker, n. A person who uses his skill with computers to try to gain unauthorized access to computer files or networks. colloq.
  1983 Daily Tel. 3 Oct. 3/1 A hacker{em}computer jargon for an electronic eavesdropper who by-passes computer security systems{em}yesterday penetrated a confidential British Telecom message system being demonstrated live on BBC-TV.
  1985 U.S.A. Today 18 Oct. A1/4 A gang of 23 teen-age computer hackers has done ‘significant damage’ to Chase Manhattan Bank's records.
  1986 TeleLink Sept.-Oct. 25/2 Just for fun, the hackers decided to drop a few APBs (All Points Bulletins) into the local police computer, with the result that, when out driving in his car, he was repeatedly stopped.