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Benedict Arnold

What do you know about hacking?

Would you know how to go about hacking into another computer? Where do people learn to do such things?

Posted - February 18, 2017
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  • 22891
    nothing and i dont think id want to know
      February 18, 2017 8:23 PM MST
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  • I share your "nothing" but I'd be interested to know more. I don't have any desire to hack anybody's account but when I run into a mystery it kind of tugs at me until I sort it out. (This all started when I read The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.) I'm just obsessive, I guess. :(
      February 18, 2017 8:34 PM MST
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  • Not nearly enough.
      February 18, 2017 8:23 PM MST
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  • Now there's a comment that asks its own question. :)
      February 18, 2017 8:34 PM MST
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  • I'm a tinkerer that always wants to know how things work. Being a "hacker' as people say just means you know how the systems work. Most of what people think are hackers and people who consider themselves one are really just scriptkiddies.
      February 19, 2017 2:56 PM MST
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  • That's a much apter term. (I thought my spell checker was gonna scream at that 'apter'...) I like it. 
      February 19, 2017 3:28 PM MST
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  • 7789
    Not a lot, but then again I could be lying.
      February 18, 2017 8:35 PM MST
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  • Not a chance. You're too decent. 
      February 18, 2017 10:17 PM MST
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  • When you have time on your hands, and you find out that you're a natural, it becomes interesting.
      February 18, 2017 9:38 PM MST
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  • I'm sure.
      February 18, 2017 10:17 PM MST
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  • 7683
    I saw a movie I don't remember the title but hackers have not only a devious mind but very sharp intelligence too.
      February 18, 2017 11:08 PM MST
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  • Maybe. Sometimes it just takes an affinity for computing. I don't think that intelligence is a necessary component. 
      February 18, 2017 11:45 PM MST
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  • 7683
    Oh it is Didge, hacking needs a lot of technical expertise.
      February 18, 2017 11:46 PM MST
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  • 10026
    Hi Veena.K~  There was a movie titled "Hackers," maybe that was it.  We saw it too.  I think Angelia Jolie was in it.  It was a pretty good movie and yes, they tend to be pretty smart.  Those Hackers that is. 
      February 19, 2017 2:52 PM MST
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  • 7683
    Yes Merlin,that was it....very fascinating to watch these devious people in action!
      February 19, 2017 7:31 PM MST
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  • "I don't know anything about hacking, but if I wanted to learn I'd just ask a teenager."
      February 18, 2017 11:51 PM MST
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  • They seem to pick up the tech stuff in the cradle these days.
      February 19, 2017 6:28 AM MST
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  • Yes, they do!
      February 19, 2017 7:55 AM MST
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