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Please enlighten me as to the point of this article then, because from my POV, it's a list of 'hacking tools' that you can use to be an entry-level 'hacker'.

This notion of being a hacker due to using a tool is preposterous. The only thing the article does is perpetuate the flawed understanding of computer security and hacking for the general public.

Yes, using nmap, metasploit and meterpreter totally makes you a hacker.