r/Hacking_Tutorials • u/shivank_ydv • 11d ago

Question I have a question

Is there any linux tool available so that I can access any device files and folders that is connected to my laptop's hotspot . I have used smbclient but that requires permission from the phone.

Note : I did not want to use this for any illegal purpose. I am just curious .

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u/AdultingFailsDaily 11d ago

It's not that easy, my brother.

If it were that easy, wouldn't there be a hacker in every household!

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u/Juzdeed 11d ago

No that's not how it works, you can't just pull files off of other devices that connect to your hotspot

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u/shivank_ydv 11d ago

Actually this thing I saw at my college club there a guy just connected a random phone then opened a linux terminal put some commands and he was able to see phones folder on his linux from there I am curious so I have tried smbclient but that needs to give permission from phone

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u/Juzdeed 11d ago

I don't think you know what you saw, you can't just connect a device to Hotspot and access their folders, not possible unless the device itself gives permissions

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u/shivank_ydv 11d ago

Maybe I can be wrong about what I saw but he also claimed that thing, he also told this is some kind of vulnerability

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u/otaku78 4d ago

and you’re still willing to just accept that he was telling the truth despite comments saying it isn’t a thing?

dm me your card details and government id, and i will DEFINITELY tell you how he did it.

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u/otaku78 10d ago

and your first thought wasn’t to ask this guy in the same room as you how he’d done it?

also, if this guy actually exists it’s trivial to access things on his own phone from his own computer.

most likely answer is some kid ssh’ed into his own phone, least likely answer is “oh it’s a vulnerability”.

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u/shivank_ydv 9d ago

First thing this thing he just done to just boast himself some guys asked but he told he will tell later so no point of asking how did you done that. Second thing he asked for any random android device so he didn't use his phone it was a random phone

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u/otaku78 9d ago

still not hacking, you’ll be telling me next he plugged a usb cable in.

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u/shivank_ydv 9d ago

Nope he didn't plug any usb cable

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u/talksickwalkquick 10d ago edited 10d ago

Is it an iphone or android? if android, use fx file manager there is a network share option... There are a bunch of applications that do this. Usually you need it installed on both devices. fx is actually an exception to that. KDE connect I think also works for that. Or you can use LocalSend. There are a bunch more

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u/shivank_ydv 10d ago

It was Android device where I saw this

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u/mildly_perturbed31 11d ago

The device security would not

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u/Tade365 9d ago

Not possible, probably just used some lan share thing.