Is this hacking...

The_Freeman · Jul 5, 2014

Is using the javascript command: javascript: document.body.contentEditable = 'true'; document.designMode = 'on'; void 0 on a webpage hacking? Yes or No and why?

Joseph DeGarmo · Jul 5, 2014

That script does not work on IE 11, but worked for older browsers on Windows XP. The F12 command assumes that role.

The_Freeman · Jul 5, 2014

Joseph DeGarmo :

Yea I know that I was just wondering if this counts as hacking or not and why.

USAFRet · Jul 5, 2014

That depends on the thought process of who is defining the 'hacking'. To some (uninformed) people, running anything from the command line, or booting from a Linux CD, is 'hacking'.

The_Freeman · Jul 5, 2014

USAFRet :

'Gain unauthorized access to data in a system or computer' That's what I'm going by. (btw this isn't for me my friends are arguing about it)

USAFRet · Jul 5, 2014

The_Freeman :

If you are changing the content or design of a webpage in a way that is unauthorized by the owner, then yes....that would be 'hacking'. (If we are going by the current bastardized definition of 'hacking')

ksham · Jul 5, 2014

The_Freeman :

No. That's not doing anything invasive. It only affects YOUR screen. It's not saving that data. Someone else would not see any changes you make with that.

USAFRet · Jul 5, 2014

And if you're just reading the page source, no, that is NOT hacking. That functionality is built into current browsers.

The_Freeman · Jul 5, 2014

ksham :

Good its not only me that thinks it

That's what I said to them but one still disagrees with me. I'm just trying to figure out what his definition of hacking is for it to be wrong!?!

ksham · Jul 5, 2014

Also, there are developer tools like Firebug that can already make changes like that and provides more features. So he's not being clever by running that.

The_Freeman · Jul 5, 2014

ksham :

Who said anything about being clever?

ksham · Jul 5, 2014

The_Freeman :

Your friend found a few JavaScript commands to enable content editing on a webpage and labeled it as "hacking" when there are already tools that does it better. If that's not trying to be clever, then that's just silliness.

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