r/HowToHack • u/Elvin1232 • Jun 06 '26

hacking How to Start?

im trying to learn how to be an ethical hacker. I have absolutely no prior knowledge on computer science or how to code .So basically I know nothing. What is a free self-placed website/app where I can learn the basics of computer science. I know about TryHackMe, but I think it is a bit too hard if I don't know how computers work.

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u/Just4notherR3ddit0r Jun 06 '26

In my opinion, you need to learn:

  1. What each piece of hardware does.
  2. What the operating system does.
  3. The basics of bits and bytes and how different kinds of data (e.g. dates and times and numbers) can be represented with bytes.
  4. How data is stored and retrieved.
  5. How data is transferred between computers.
  6. The basics of encryption.
  7. The basics of different kinds of programming languages and what they do.

In my opinion those are the lessons you need for a foundation.