How hacking actually looks like.
Published May 23, 2023, 4:20 a.m. by Bethany
hacking is often seen as a nefarious activity, carried out by criminals in the shadows. But there’s another kind of hacking that can be incredibly useful: life hacking.
A life hack is any trick, shortcut, or skill that makes your life easier. And while some life hacks are technological, like using IFTTT to automate your social media posts, others are simple psychological tricks that can help you boost your productivity, save money, or just make your life a little bit easier.
So what does hacking actually look like in the political realm? Here are four examples:
1. Getting Your Voice Heard
In a democracy, getting your voice heard can be difficult. There are so many people with so many different opinions, and it can be hard to make your own opinion stand out.
One way to hack the system is to find like-minded people and band together. There’s strength in numbers, and if you can get a group of people to agree with you on an issue, you’ll be much more likely to be heard.
2. Finding the Right Information
In the age of the internet, there’s no excuse for not being informed about the issues that matter to you. But with so much information out there, it can be hard to know where to start.
A good way to hack this problem is to follow news sources that you trust, and to make sure you’re getting your information from a variety of sources. This will help you make sure you’re getting the whole story, and not just the parts that someone else wants you to see.
3. Making Change Happen
If you want to see change in the world, it’s not enough to just sit back and hope that someone else will make it happen. You need to take action yourself.
One way to do this is to get involved in activism or volunteer work. There are lots of ways to get involved, and even a small amount of effort can make a big difference.
4. Voting
Voting is one of the most important things you can do as a citizen of a democracy. But it can be easy to forget to vote, or to feel like your vote doesn’t matter.
A good way to hack this problem is to make sure you’re registered to vote, and to make a plan to vote in every election. You can also talk to your friends and family about why voting is important, and encourage them to vote as well.
hacking the political system doesn’t have to be complicated. Sometimes, all it takes is a little bit of effort to make your voice heard.
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you have probably seen many movies where
hacking is portrayed like this
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wait what does this even mean let me
show you what hacking actually looks
like from the point where you are
casually browsing the web to the point
where your social media accounts were
hacked hacking happened the hacker was
able to take over your digital life but
how did he manage to do that he might
have done one of these three things
let's see what they each mean breaches
believe me or not your password is
probably already out there publicly
available on the internet without even
your knowledge this might feel a bit
unconvincing but it's true that there is
a chance even mine existed publicly on
the internet without even me knowing it
until recently when I finally found out
that my credentials are already stolen
and available for literally anyone to
see I had to then change my password on
all my websites immediately but how did
this happen how is it that your
credentials are already publicly
available on the Internet
this is because of data breaches when
hackers managed to hack a website and
get access to the websites database
where the user information like their
credentials are stored they leaked all
this data on the Internet in most cases
they sell this data on hacker forums and
dark web or even post it on paste win
it's the hackers choice of course this
data contains the usernames and
passwords of all or a part of the users
of that web site so if you are a user of
the website that got breached your data
is leaked to most of the web sites hash
your passwords before they store it in
their database so a hacker needs to
first crack your password hash in order
to find your real password in plain text
but I'm not saying that it is impossible
to crack a password hash in fact most of
the data breaches on the Internet
contain plain text passwords many famous
websites like Twitter Linkedin
zero-zero-zero web host etc already
suffered major data breaches and all
these breaches are publicly available on
the internet literally for anyone to see
fun fact there is a bridge compilation
available on the internet that contains
literally 1.4 billion email password
combinations think about it 1.4 billion
if you want to check whether your
credentials are included in any data
breach you can go to have a beam punt
calm and enter your email to search for
any data that is associated with that
particular email in any of the data
breaches on the Internet
but let me also tell you even though
your results are positive on this side
your data might still be in one of the
breaches which is not popularly known
but still exists this is the easiest way
anyone can take over your social media
accounts or online banking accounts or
whatever it is recently many youtubers
like Meghan drinks got their channels
taken over by hackers because apparently
their credentials already existed in a
data breach the best way to stay safe
from data breaches is to use a different
password for every website use a
password manager like - name to generate
random unique passwords for every
website you use social engineering this
is literally you giving away your
username and password
it was stranger on the Internet hackers
can pretend to be someone else to try to
extract your crucial information like
your credentials directly from you for
example let's say you get a link like
this from someone and this link claims
that you can get Instagram likes
instantly for free of cost you click on
the link and you are taken to a very
convincing website that claims to offer
you free likes for your Instagram posts
if you put in your Instagram presences
on this website thinking that this is a
legit website well your hacked this is
called phishing it is one of the several
types of social engineering attacks and
it is also the most common technique
hackers use now this is obviously not
limited only to Instagram you may end up
losing your other social media accounts
email accounts or even your online
banking accounts through social
engineering however the way a hacker
approaches you to perform is social
engineering can vary and sometimes even
if you are not a computer illiterate you
may still fall for it a hacker can also
install a rat on your device through
social engineering a rat is
nothing but a malware that gives the
hacker remote access to your device by
installing a rat the hacker will be able
to do literally anything like stealing
your credentials for different websites
by using a key logger stealing your
photos and videos finding your exact GPS
location or even operating your device's
camera or microphone without your
knowledge for example look at this
innocent SMS I received which claims
that if I install this network carrier
app and we get free Internet data I
click on the link and download the apk
it does look like the official app of
the network provider well actually it is
indeed the official app of the network
provider but a rat is binded to this app
by the hacker as soon as I install this
on my device the hacker has complete
access to my device I was recently
targeted by someone and they tried
hacking my YouTube channel through
social engineering I've already made a
video about it explaining what happened
if you are interested you can watch the
video by clicking the link in the
description below man-in-the-middle
attacks now this type of hacking is not
very likely to occur but there is a
chance that you can get hacked by
man-in-the-middle attacks in this attack
a hacker can put himself as the man in
the middle between you and the Internet
you are browsing let's say you are
browsing internet from a public Wi-Fi
network anyone who is using the same
Wi-Fi network will be able to put
themselves as the man in the middle and
they can see your internet traffic or
even modify it this means they will be
able to see literally everything that
you are sending and receiving from the
Internet using that public Wi-Fi but as
I said it is very unlikely to happen
because most websites nowadays use HTTP
connection which means the traffic
between you and the web site is
encrypted and no man in the middle will
be able to extract this Internet traffic
but you are still at risk if you are
using a website that doesn't use HTTP
over his TTP in such a case you may want
to use a VPN to stay secure while
browsing you can watch the video I made
about VPN to know more about why it's a
good idea to always use a VPN I will
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