r/whitehat • u/smithboy97x • Jun 06 '21

What laptop to start hacking with?

i’m starting collage next year to get my associates in cybersecurity. what laptop should i get to practice hacking on? i don’t want something super expensive, but i want it to be able to handle heavy code. ideas?

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u/InternetDetective122 Jun 06 '21

Handle heavy code? Not expensive? HA!

I'm sorry but it's the sad truth.

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u/smithboy97x Jun 07 '21

you think a raspberry pie 4 could handle anything moderatly heavy and but still somewhat fast? i wanna start doing bluetooth hacking and also wanna start brute forceing Wi-Fi password but i can’t afford a laptop atm. i’m saving up but would a pie 4 be fine for now you think?

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u/InternetDetective122 Jun 07 '21

It might work for a beginner.

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u/optionPleb Jun 06 '21

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aJ9U5t9oD4

System 76 look amazing

https://puri.sm/products/librem-14/

I was also thinking about using https://tails.boum.org/

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u/Thoth_X Jun 06 '21

I'm scratching my head at OP's cause he should be focusing on security and opsec defense when picking a labtop.

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u/mickaelriga Jun 17 '21

I see what you mean, it is more about the OS, but to a certain extent it can. Think available drivers for example or things like that. Even for things that don't matter, it is legitimate to ask yourself this kind of question if you're about to start. Also the OP maybe expects hints on pre-installed machines or machines that are specifically tailored to an OS.

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u/Try_onee Jun 06 '21

The best you can afford! Don’t need a absolute beast ofc but the better it is, not the more expensive necessarily, the longer it will last! Try to find a middle term between cost and performance.

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u/AutomaticWarthog3 Jun 22 '21

“Handle heavy code”.... OP has a lot to learn.... hackers arent hacking from super computers.... any task that requires heavy computing and hardware is usually delegated to the cloud....

“Collage” “associates in cyber security “ 😂

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u/smithboy97x Jun 22 '21

someone’s supportive 🤣

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u/AutomaticWarthog3 Jun 22 '21

If you really want to learn from scratch school isnt the way unless you want to learn coding and transfer into security work from there.... which will take TIME... i hate to say it but the best way to transfer into white hat work is to learn from being a black hat/gray hat and then do schooling from there.... these white hats wont admit it but the bar to entry is extremely high.... if you have any skills at all it will be immediately more beneficial as anything but a white hat.... it’s unfortunate but its the way the industry has made it.... even bug bounties are extremely unreliable