QOTD: Have You Ever Hacked Anything?
Their crime is curiosity.
The term hack or hacker has become so commonly tossed around that it can mean different things to different people. The image of a hacker can often bring images to those who are less computer literate as someone who steals bank information in Superman III-worthy schemes.
We’d like to think of hacking as something that you have to do to get something working better or differently (such as bypassing the intrusive copy protection of your legally obtained software), but perhaps not as originally intended by the designer (such as installing Mac OS X on a PC). Of course, hacking can also be just what the movies make it out to be (breaking into other computer systems).
Feel free to share with everyone your most interesting hacking exploits.
Have you ever hacked anything? If so, what have you hacked and why?
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I have hacked little things like routers, OS X, DVDs, Blu Rays, but most of all porn websites!Reply
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HibyPrime You could use the word hack to refer to just about any unintended mod - hardware or software, by that definition, I couldn't count the number of hacks I've done lolReply
I'm sure most everyone on this site has preformed a hack in some way, be it an overclock, illegal windows install, iphone/regular phone hacks..
What I would want to know, is if anyone has gone out of their way to obtain Linux (or any other free software) illegally. The only way I can think of would be to break into their warehouse and steal a disc :P -
brookg I used to write little cracks/hacks that would open up all the channels for viewing on a popular sat tv provider network.Reply
does that count? -
anamaniac Through all I'm concerned, a hack is something significant and symbolical. Like breaking into the pentagon for the plans to a jet or setting every account in a bank to $0.00 through exploitation. Or maybe just getting into your neighbors computer through his Wifi and putting homosexual pornographic content as the desktop (which is always fun). Those who make video game cracks are hackers, those who use them are only pirates.Reply
What I do is pirate and mod, not hack.
Putting OS X on a PC is just a mod.
Overclocking is just modding.
Illegal windows installs are rather easy... and is only pirating (in most cases).
Jailbreaking is just using a pre set instruciton lead you how. The originals who did it were hackers, but only them. -
kite212 xboxs, psps, some software, local unsecure computers, we are samurai, keyboard cowboys HACK THE PLANET!Reply -
djtronika no. and anyone that says they have isn't a real hacker.Reply
that's the point of a hacker. -
Hard Line i hacked my tom tom, mio c320, my lg 8300 and my linksys wrt54G ver 3 router and put ddwrt on it.. is that good? or am i thinking somethign different here?Reply