#types of hacking

[kamrulislamsakib]

Good Hacking (Ethical Hacking) Good hacking is also called ethical hacking or white-hat hacking. These hackers use their skills to protect systems, find vulnerabilities, and improve security. It’s like being a digital locksmith, identifying weak points before bad actors do. Ethical hackers typically work with companies or governments, helping to safeguard data, systems, and networks. They might even get paid for it! Key Characteristics of Good Hacking: Permission-Based: Ethical hackers have authorization from the owner of the system to test and find vulnerabilities. Positive Intentions: The goal is to fix problems, strengthen security, and protect users. Legal: They operate within the boundaries of the law, often using established methodologies and frameworks. Results in Safety: Ethical hacking helps improve cybersecurity, preventing malicious attacks or data breaches. Example: A security researcher finds a vulnerability in a company’s website. They report it to the company so it can be fixed, preventing potential exploits. Bad Hacking (Malicious Hacking) Bad hacking, or black-hat hacking, is when someone gains unauthorized access to systems for personal gain, to cause damage, or just to disrupt things. This kind of hacking is illegal and harmful to individuals, businesses, or even entire nations. Hackers in this category might steal personal information, hold systems for ransom, or damage data. Key Characteristics of Bad Hacking: Unauthorized Access: Black-hat hackers break into systems without permission, often for malicious purposes. Malicious Intentions: They might steal data, damage systems, disrupt services, or use the access for personal gain (like selling data or demanding ransom). Illegal: Their actions violate laws and can have serious legal consequences. Results in Harm: It leads to security breaches, financial losses, and loss of privacy. Example: A hacker breaches a bank's system, stealing sensitive customer data or locking the system and demanding a ransom for its release. The Grey Area (Grey-Hat Hacking) There’s also a grey area between good and bad hacking, where some hackers may operate without malicious intent but still without proper permission. These hackers might find vulnerabilities and inform the company or government, but they might also go public or exploit the weakness without any malicious goal. Grey-hat hackers don’t always have the legal protections that ethical hackers do, but they usually aren't driven by harmful intent. The risk is that their actions might cause damage or expose data unintentionally. Example: A hacker finds a security hole in a government website and publicly exposes it, hoping to raise awareness. While they may have good intentions, their actions could put sensitive data at risk. Summary: Good (Ethical) Hacking = Legal, authorized, and designed to improve security. Bad (Malicious) Hacking = Illegal, unauthorized, and harmful with selfish or destructive goals. Grey-Hat Hacking = Operating without permission, but generally with good intentions, though it can still result in harm or legal trouble. At the end of the day, the line between good and bad hacking is pretty clear when you think about it in terms of consent, intent, and impact. Ethical hackers follow the rules and work to protect, while malicious hackers break the rules to exploit or harm.

[absolutelybatty]

Horror movie fans are so funny because you'll bring up the biggest actor who's in 10,000 iconic roles, and they'll go, "Oh, the guy from Blood Burger 4: Keep Flipping." and that's the only thing on their filmography that they've seen.

[man1cpixiedreamcowboy]

gonna need a minimum of 4 two-page spreads of them going at it crazy style in the next issue

[triviallytrue]

Oh hey, that study showing men leave their wives when they get sick turns out to have been retracted in 2015 due to a coding error. I've seen it cited indirectly a bunch but never noticed anyone mention the retraction

[sh0tgunwedding]

i need an emo older brother to take advantage of me WHO SAID THAT

[rocketbirdie]

*enters my own password* "i'm in"

[broken-risk-assessment-module]

rip secunit 3 😔😔😔 you're not dead but you would have loved saving the lives of a whole colony of innocent humans by making a factually honest and emotionally compelling documentary 😔😔😔

[merakiui]

You think Idia would pass out if a girl poked him?

I think he'd pass out if anyone poked him or even perceived him. T_T he's so skittish and it only worsens if the object of his affection and desire is suddenly paying attention to him. Like, what did he do to raise your affection bar and have you acknowledge his presence????? He's sorry for existing and breathing the same air as you. Please just leave him be... treat him like a bug you found beneath a rock,,, ignore him and let him return to his hikikomori life. >_< as he thought, it's much easier to interact online or to simply watch you through the campus security feed he's hacked into.

Ortho says it's you "being friendly" and "extending a hand of friendship," but Idia knows better than to delude himself with those fluffy, romantic, slice-of-life sort of tropes. No way an SSR-tier person like you would ever pay him any mind out of your own volition!!!! OTL

This is basically Idia the moment he triggers an irl interaction event with you:

[trebuchet151]

"I had to know if I imagined things. And then I found your arrest records, you were just a kid…but the picture matched."

"Who...whose records did you find?"

Wanted to fill out a more detailed stat template and got carried away. The discord had a fun mugshot drawing prompt and it inspired me

[propertyofjameswilson]

i want to squeeze his juicy cheeks until they swell and im not kidding

[royalarmyofoz]

[pandorasstars]

computer/technology freaks but it’s rosekiller

do we see the vision

[kaija-rayne-author]

DAV is maximized (made for?) Tank/Warrior players

Curiosity is absolutely one of my fatal flaws. I was sorta feeling shitty about the whole 'you probably just suck at the fighting system in DAV' thing.

Let me preface this with saying that I'm good with rogues. It's my usual playstyle and I almost always do a first run of any RPG as a rogue.

What I'm really not all that good at? Tanks. Pretty much any other class I'm at least suitably competent with. I mean, I can tank, but it's just not something I'm more than acceptably good at. I also have very little experience with them. I think I've tanked in 3 games? Out of the, it must be hundreds, of games I've played? I just don't prefer to tank. I'm a rogue/mage/healer style player. The one who backs up the tank or keeps them on their feet, y'know?

So, because curiosity will likely be the death of me at some point, and despite never wanting to touch it again, I made a warrior character in DAV. I just... had to know if it was me or the game. I suppose I enjoy actually being a good gamer more than I suspected. DAV offended my pride, perhaps. Self-awareness isn't comfortable.

That fighting system, that I had so much trouble with as a rogue (with other rogues and a mage as backup since we don't get our tank companions til later in act one) has, so far, been so fucking easy as a warrior I'm actually thinking of increasing the difficulty level.

DAV is just maximized for warrior players and people who like to bash barrels in, not any other class. Which is just shitty game design.

I suppose I should have seen it before. The rest of the companions you start with are all support characters. Two rogues and a mage. Your first companion you aquire is Bellara, also a rogue. Oops. Mage. Bellara is a mage. I forgor.

I dunno, I'm going to run this character until I get to the spot (when Harding receives her special ability) where I first wanted to rage quit as a rogue. But so far? I haven't died once. I'd gotten creamed numerous times as a rogue character by this spot in the game. I can go toe to fucking toe with a fucking ogre! And only have to heal once!

It's truly ridiculous. I'll test out mage after, if I can find the patience. It's reasonably unlikely that I'll actually decide to finish this run. Unless I do it for writing my fix it fic reasons . But I can kinda see more clearly why some people actually liked it. It's actually almost fun as a tank.

I did also say I'd never touch DAV again too, though, soooooo.

If you turn your brain completely off, don't give a shit about the Lore, and if the story is a back seat sort of thing for you as a gamer, this might actually be somewhat fun. It's not Dragon Age regardless, they screwed the pooch to sell the pups on that one. (I'm a Lore fiend, story and character first player. I legitimately don't give a shit about the fighting in RPGs. It's a back seat thing for me. As long as I can make it work, I'm good.)

SMDH

I said DAV was wickedly unbalanced in my review series, but I didn’t think it was so bad that they... just didn't bother to make it a fun game for rogue players. Despite them getting rid of half of what makes playing a rogue fun (sneaking, hiding in shadows, picking fucking locks, y'know, rogue stuff.) Not sure about mages yet. I do want to try one just out of pissed off, irritated curiosity, though.

Snorts. They made this game for warrior players. And I can't honestly find words to describe how shitty that is. It lacks most of the stuff that makes any RPG an actual RPG. It's maximized for warriors and people who like to destroy barrels. (Why. Why the fucking barrels?) Rogues are nothing but light skirmishers. I'll have to actually play a mage and see, but I've talked to people who said it's easy as a mage, too.

WTAF does BioWare have against rogue players to nerf the class so badly?

I'm honestly floored by how easy this game is as a warrior. I'll even test it out on max difficulty, (which is usually what I play at, max or one down).

But the shittiness of designing a game mostly for tank players can't be ignored. I changed nothing but the class. And I'm not far enough into the game yet for build to matter that much. I think I've gotten roughly 5 skill points to put into my character.

No wonder they denied game keys to honest reviewers.

[st-hedge]

For the lack of a character to get attached to (or lack of imagination) elden ring does become funnier when I remember I made the character into my Zelda and she’s just burning thru this place

[seasonalsands]

Bruh what are we doing here, why yall holding hands on TWO SEPERATE DIRTBIKES

[gideonisms]

might we be blessed with the cooking instructions of your butter balsamic vinegar cabbage, Gideon sir :3

HJGJGJHJJ I love that my anons are just calling me gideon now.

Anyway it's very simple you just heat a lot of butter, chop a cabbage and toss it in, add some olive oil and let it cook for a while, stirring to make sure it all gets coated. Then probably add some more butter. Then you add salt, pepper, and rosemary, and let it cook a bit longer until it reaches your desired texture. For me it takes like 20 minutes. Lastly put the balsamic vinegar in to taste and stir it around. I hate exact measurements so I don't use those, I just judge based on preferred texture and taste which is different for everybody. But with these ingredients it will be edible no matter what I promise