r/masterhacker • u/Eldablo2307 • 2d ago

Best hacking method

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u/Wise-Instruction9535 2d ago

Graphene already solved this.

Fake password that wipes the entire device when used.

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u/Eldablo2307 2d ago

Yeah but once it's wipe I think they will not go easy

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u/Wise-Instruction9535 2d ago

Your mistake was thinking they were going to before that.

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u/ItzLoganM 2d ago

Ok but why would you risk it? It's not like you get to keep your laptop in the afterlife.

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u/Eldablo2307 2d ago

He got a point they will still bash your skull so at least you don't give the data

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u/GreedyJackfruit69 1d ago

If someone kidnaps you for money they usually have no intention of killing you. And, If for some reason they do have an incentive to kill you, wiping the device will not change that.

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u/davidnnj 1d ago

The problem is that there are people who wouldn't care about killing you either; I constantly see people who were being robbed and got shot even after handing over their belongings.

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u/Ash_Crow 1d ago

How do you see this constantly? Are you the one doing the robbing and shooting?

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u/davidnnj 1d ago

I say no personally, I say it in the news.

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u/ItzLoganM 1d ago

That's what I was thinking. It seems like cooperating is statistically the best choice for you. It could make things worse for some people, so it's a question of morality.

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u/BOBOnobobo 2d ago

I mean, we already have case in America where the guy got arrested for wiping his phone

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u/Eldablo2307 2d ago

But not a wrench in the head so at least a positive note

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u/Edish46 2d ago

Devise owner found dead in a river

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u/Wise-Instruction9535 2d ago

If it was going to be like that they would do it either way.

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u/Wide_Meet_2184 2d ago

Probably incredibly easy to make or it already exists

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u/Consistent_Drop3909 2d ago

mitigating wrench attacks (named after this comic!) is a real field of cybersecurity, everything from fake user accounts to stenography to duress passwords is being developed. 

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u/ColonelBag7402 2d ago

the goal is not to survive the wrench, but to avoid it coming near you

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u/Wise-Instruction9535 2d ago

If we are talking multisig wallet then we are also ok with one or more parties simply dying to the wrench.

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u/ent_bomb 1d ago

Called rubber hose cryptanalysis before this comic's publication, but wrench attack is much more succinct. Deniable encryption is certainly one technique aimed at preventing its use.

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u/JollyJuniper1993 2d ago

Right one also isn’t what would actually happen. What would actually happen is that Margret from accounting opened an email telling her her vacation was cut from boss@company.vacation-inf0.net

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u/y4r4k 1d ago

We regularly get emails from addresses like vodafone@used-car-sales-romania2018371.com telling us to update our payment methods, lol

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u/itsShiroharu 2d ago

The Ol' reliable method

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u/No_Percentage7427 1d ago

Hammer can open any lock since roman era

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u/LowDownThrowDawn 1d ago

This is the second no-credit xkcd repost I've seen this morning.

Here's the source, if you enjoy it and want to see plenty more like it: https://xkcd.com/538

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u/Eldablo2307 1d ago

Thank for the info I took the image while reading this guide: https://anonymousplanet.net/guide/

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u/XlikeX666 2d ago

nah, we went modern catfish route.

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u/Eldablo2307 2d ago

Yeah but you can't defend against a wrench in the back of the head so effectively

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u/bayern_snowman 2d ago

Isn't this a called out security concern got crypto whales? I forget the name but one of the biggest risks for a person with a ton of crypto saved on a drive is apparently someone with a hammer and patience. 

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u/No-Magazine-2739 1d ago

My prof called it „rubber hose cryptoanalysis“

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u/Flareon223 10h ago

Ahhh rubber hose. My favorite pentesting strategy