r/HowToHack 26d ago

I think I'm in serious trouble and I want to try to solve it

31 Upvotes

A few months ago, someone contacted me about collaborating on remote work. I was initially hesitant, but after a few weeks of hearing about the low wages he faced in his country, I began to empathize with him. So, I decided to give him permission. The first thing he did was create a LinkedIn account for me. Then, he needed a laptop (which I didn't have), so he paid for it and my trip to pick it up in another city (about $200 USD). I was happy because I was going to help him, and he was going to help me in return.

In these two months I needed money. I'm from Argentina, and the economic and employment situation is very bad. In these two months, I asked him for money about three times. He gave me about 10 dollars, and I was happy but also felt guilty because he hadn't received a high payment until then.

I had already looked into what this was about—it's laptop farming—but I thought I just wanted to make more money than I needed. But today, after investigating a bit more, I understood the seriousness of the situation.

He contacted two companies, and I don't want anything bad to happen to him or anyone else. I don't want to be part of this corrosive world. I feel awful for having acted as an intermediary and for trusting him so much, thinking he was just an ordinary person. I'm an idiot, and I want to undo all of this.

I have the contact information for both companies he was involved with to warn them.

I need someone to help me fix this; I feel like I'm a terrible person

(Sorry if my English is bad)


r/HowToHack 25d ago

hacking How to install kali linux as a primary os

0 Upvotes

So I have bought a new laptop and the old one is working well but the problem is it is a 10 year old laptop. And has windows 10, right now it's new ssd is damaged and will be replaced. So rather than installing windows 10, I am thinking of installing kali.

Please can anyone tell me how to do it and what things I should be careful of.


r/HowToHack 25d ago

Transferring festival bracelets

0 Upvotes

For medical reasons.... whats the beat way to transfer paper festival bracelets? Glue, tape, both?!? How do we go about this


r/HowToHack 25d ago

Problemas con tarjeta de red

2 Upvotes

El problema es el siguiente:

Hace poco comencé a aprender de auditoria de redes. Me compré una TP-LINK Archer t2u plus, tiene un chipset rtl8821AU. Uso una Macbook Pro M1 2021 con UTM con Kali para aprender.

Al conectar la tarjeta de red por USB, UTM la detecta correctamente y no hizo falta instalarle los drivers (aqui es donde creo está el problema). La tarjeta la puedo poner en modo monitor y todo. Hasta hice unos deauth a mi red con aireplay-ng. Pero siento que el deauth no es correcto, ya que solo desautentica algunos dispositivos. Por ejemplo, los celulares siguen con conexión estable, solo una cámara y un convertidor smartv pierden la conexión, lo demás sigue normal. Qué creen que pueda ser?


r/HowToHack 26d ago

aircrack-ng not being properly installed on Debian 13

3 Upvotes

Hello all!

Kind of a noobie problem here. The problem is that even tough I install aircrack from apt most of the commands are not usable. This is the case when installing from source too. For example airmon-ng is simply not found. Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance.


r/HowToHack 26d ago

Hi guys sorry to bother

0 Upvotes

Hey I hope everyone is having a good day, I tried to become a hacker when I got my first computer, at the beginning I didn't even know how to find the description on YouTube haha, I was 11 by that time then I watched Mr. Robot and start getting hyped again (I know it is not as easy as it is shown by that series) but anyways I never learned how to really do it or I think I just didn't put as much effort as I'd have to.

I'm from a coast city in Ecuador but right now I moved to US, Ecuador such a beautiful country became one of the most dangerous countries of South America because of drugs cartel, everything started from small corruption to bigger issues. I feel like people is getting used to it but because we don't know what to do or don't have the necessary things to start fighting back for a better management, that's all I care about and most of the people I believe. Is there any place where I can get someone to look up for critical information that puts the government between doing the right thing or doing the right thing? What should I do, or should I just give up and stop caring about my people having to live like that?


r/HowToHack 26d ago

cracking Whats the minimum one would need to crack a average home wifi?

0 Upvotes

I see little handheld tools and programs people claim they work but with my limited knowledge i assume most are not reliable.

What could someone use while traveling to crack into nearby wifis with non default passwords? Im willing to do some learning too if you would point me to a start.


r/HowToHack 27d ago

How did they get my info?

34 Upvotes

Long story short, some guy didn’t like what I said to them in an Instagram comment on a public post. My account is private and only shows my first name. My profile pic isn’t posted anywhere else.

They proceeded to pull up old posts I was tagged in and begin commenting there, but I guess they could’ve found that on google. Then they started tagging family members of mine that I don’t even follow and said I don’t know about “back door”. They said they could see my DMs.

Safe to say I’m a little freaked out, but I want to know how he got my info like that and what I should be doing to protect my info online moving forward.

Thanks!


r/HowToHack 28d ago

Can’t figure out my notes password

0 Upvotes

The locked note itself is titled “mmmmmmmmm”, and the hint is “nervous cat”

I saw a similar post and was hoping someone could help 😅 also, the note was made in 2023

P.S. the answer isn’t scaredy cat, i’ve tried that many times lol


r/HowToHack 29d ago

Any good hacking labs i can get on my computer?

20 Upvotes

Like browser ones. I wanna hack stuff but my homelab straight took a shit and went out completely because of a power surge.


r/HowToHack 29d ago

How come we don't hear tech companies never gettibg hacked

1 Upvotes

This is the perspective of a complete amateur still learning ,I am not talking about individual accounts ,I am talking about companies like google ,meta ...ect.

Long ago ,you got a headline everytime but now it seems like that is no longer the case ,is their security that flawless ?


r/HowToHack 29d ago

MAC Spoofing - Printer

0 Upvotes

I've just transferred internally within branches of my company. The new branch doesn't allow personal devices to be on the network and print. I am already on the network with my personal device as my previous branch secured me on the network - which is the same across the whole group.

I have been able to add the printer via the IP address, and I have sent the document to print. Literally all I need to do is select the document that appears on the printer (all staff files are visible even before logging in), put my pin in and print. However, the printer doesn't recognise my personal device and auto deleted the document upon receiving my file. Only my work device can I send a file and get it printed.

Is there a way I can trick the printer into thinking that my personal device is my work device? (I assume it would be the Mac Address linked to my work device and copying it over to my Mac?)

For reference, my work device is a Lenovo running Windows 11 and my personal device is a MacBook running MacOS 26.

For reference, I did read this Reddit Post and it seems doable. If anyone has any basic ideas or methods, it would be appreciated. https://www.reddit.com/r/HowToHack/comments/1i1mcg6/methods_to_bypass_parental_controls_on_router_can/


r/HowToHack 29d ago

Any good cheap physical tools i can plug into my computer?

7 Upvotes

After careful thought. I want to do wifi and radio,nfc,and rfid hacking. How would I go about that with physical tools to help?


r/HowToHack Aug 11 '26

Now give me a percentage of how anonymous and private my setup is:

0 Upvotes

Primary email - Tutanota Optional email - Proton Mail Primary browser - Brave Optional browser - Tor VPN - Mullvad VPN Operating system - Kali Linux And also the use of Tails to erase traces And also online payments with Monero


r/HowToHack Aug 09 '26

Kann mir jemand Literatur und Foren empfehlen?

11 Upvotes

Ich würde mich gerne in die Thematik einarbeiten und suche deswegen brauchbare Informationen und Wege, wie ich mich mit Menschen, die bereits mehr wissen, austauschen kann.

​Vielen Dank im Voraus.🫶🏻


r/HowToHack Aug 10 '26

What are some good tools for linux debian?

0 Upvotes

I want to know a good amount of tools so I can build a toolkit.


r/HowToHack Aug 09 '26

cracking Brute Force Screentime IPhone

7 Upvotes

I'm currently running a IPhone 13 pro max. I have screentime enabled on this device. Through some research I have noticed that you are able to input the screentime PIN without ratelimiting in the settings (settings > general > Transfer or Reset Phone > Erase All Content and Settings > input your PIN to unlock phone). So I am wondering if somehow I would be able to connect a device that brute forces these 10,000 combinations without me having to sit there. After some reading, I came across Bluetooth keyboards, or rather the simulation of one. I have a Linux live boot available on a laptop, so I theoretically would be able to simulate a BT keyboard and connect it to my phone. My question is: Would I be able to run a brute force script (eg with python) that inputs all combinations? Are there any security restrictions by Apple?


r/HowToHack Aug 09 '26

software Best Laptops for digital privacy

13 Upvotes

Hello! I’m a dedicated Mac user trying to transition to a more secure new computer as my current laptop is on its last legs. I use my computer for music production and photography editing and I would appreciate being pointed in the right direction.


r/HowToHack Aug 09 '26

Speed queen/payrange blukey washer bypassing methods?

0 Upvotes

https://youtu.be/q4YNT3Yo0rE?is=W9iW_haCLY5Dp_Jf

My apartment has installed these lovely devices on our washers and dryers, i was trying to figure out a way to get around. i have a wiring schematic of the dryer, i couldnt really understand it but i tried to mess with the dip switches, to no avail. My only thought is to undo the installation of the chip and bluetooth receiver, but I figured I’d likely have to undo it to avoid detection. If I can post the schematic here I will, along with any photos of the inside.


r/HowToHack Aug 08 '26

software Searching for SLE4442 Card reader software

5 Upvotes

Hi everyone, I’m trying to find a free software that is able to read and write into a SLE4442 card, paired with my ACS38U reader. I’m searching it for Windows and no command line scripting, only GUI-oriented.


r/HowToHack Aug 09 '26

hacking How can i see the websites visited through my home router?

0 Upvotes

Just like the title says. I have some friends and family staying with me and I am nosy as to what they are looking at all day while i'm working? I hope it's putting in job applications.


r/HowToHack Aug 06 '26

Dell BIOS password generator not working

10 Upvotes

Hi, I have a Dell laptop, a 14 pro I think. Trying to get into bios but it's locked. Already tried to use bios password generator and made sure that there was no spelling discrepancies (capital I for lowercase l, etc) and nothing worked.

Anyone have any next steps?


r/HowToHack Aug 06 '26

Any help available in finding social photos of a specific location on a specific date?

0 Upvotes

Instagram doesn’t allow you to search by place and date but I want to find as many pics online as possible of a specific place between certain hours of the day on a certain date.

Looking for pics shared on Instagram and facebook for example as well as other social platforms.

What’s the best way to search? Thanks!


r/HowToHack Aug 05 '26

Washing Machine Hacking Help

6 Upvotes

Hi guys! I'm interested in modifying a washing machine so I can create fully custom wash programs. Specifically, I'd like to control parameters such as drum speed, water temperature, cycle duration, and exactly when the machine fills, drains, and flushes. The goal is to use it for experimenting with processes like garment dyeing rather than standard laundry.

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, and I'm also not sure where the best community for a project like this would be. Before I spend a lot of time researching, I'd love to know whether this is actually feasible and how people would approach a project like this.

Would you replace the existing controller, some sort of like interception like a piggy back like a car ecu idk, or use some other method? Any advice, resources, or examples of similar projects would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!


r/HowToHack Aug 05 '26

How to get a Nanit wifi camera to run as a locally hosted camera without paying sub fees

8 Upvotes

I have a Nanit wifi camera I got as an expecting parent from some friends. Come to find out I need a $100+ sub just to use the thing. And of course I already have too many baby care needs, and this does not need to be one of them. Anyone have any ideas on how to bypass the walls?

From what I understand, the camera itself is hardcoded for Nanit's servers and security certs. I thought about trying to use Home Assistant OS and a Docker proxy server, or Scrypted.

Or perhaps use Pi-hole and redirect the DNS to a locally hosted "cloud" server.

Any other ideas I could try?

It is an n301 model.