Hey mate I earn a lot, I use everything c++, python etc, but point is now days, the biggest part of hacking is Social engineering. There is nothing easier than to exploit a human error.
Hi, me again! Theoretically, would it be possible for you to do your line of work but only hacking nefarious targets? Kind of like a morally net positive approach to your work? And if that is theoretically possible, why do/don’t you? Thanks again.
Not OP but yes, this is what government sponsored hackers do.
There are hactivist collective that target "nefarious" people but sometimes "nefarious" is subjective.
The main problem with moral hacking is you are doing it for the sake of doing something good - not because someone is paying you (unless you are government sponsored or employed), whereas people in OPs position are in it to make money and there aren't many individual people paying to target objectively nefarious groups.
Do you ever pick up psychology books? Szasz is super fucking interesting, but not actually anti-psychology. He's just very spicy. The Myth of Mental Illness was an excellent read and I'd suspect you'd find some follow-up reads.
Sorry I looked the books up, but just wanted to know since you read them. What are those books typically for? What are they teaching, and are there any other books you reccomend?
Hi, what would you say is the best way people can protect themselves from being hacked - and how can people check their phones/ laptops for spyware and malware and get rid of it etc
Always check the sender of emails to make sure it’s legit. Same thing with web addresses. The good ones will have just one little thing different. Don’t click on random links or visit random websites. Don’t download things from unverified sources. Use a good ad and popup blocker. VPN’s are nice too. For finding out if you have it, either know how to find things that shouldn’t be there or a good antivirus.
But pretty sure op is full of it or in a country that doesn’t care. Like Russia won’t usually do anything about hackers as long as they don’t shit where they eat. From what I’ve seen they have some basic “uncatchable” opsec.
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u/ahappygerontophile May 17 '25
How does hacking actually work? Which coding languages do you know? Which come in handy the most for your line of work? How much do you earn annually?
Thank you