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Freaked12:
No need to insult him.  >:(

DrEvil:

--- Quote from: $tyli$h Executive on July 29, 2010, 04:16:25 pm ---Okay. Lets get this clear.

It requires you to exploit a security VULNERABILITY. Its not a simple loop. Once you discover the vulnerability, you just have to repeat it, in a loop, over the facebook website. It requires a high speed internet connection. But a large hard disk capacity would be enough for this, with a common computer, like those used for server.

You do know what is a brute force attack, don't you? If yes, only brute force attack will require a high performance computer, IF PROCESSING is involved. But in this case, the internet is involved. Once you get the logic, you just have to set up the loop. One go, thats it.

Remember the hacker Curador? He was an ordinary school boy who hacked millions of credit card numbers. Thing is, he got the logic and executed it. Now don't tell me he had a high performance computer.

So, better do some research on how many hackers have got a mainframe, or a supercomputer. At best, a server configuration computer is enough for any hacking purposes for the professional hacker. Usually a common computer like we use is enough.

--- End quote ---

First of all, if you had downloaded the torrent file, you would have known that it wasn't any hacking. He just copied the main info of users that is still easily available and compiled it into a text file. You cannot hack facebook accounts unless you have the facebook IP's of those accounts. Hacking of facebook accounts is near to impossible unless you are or you were a member of the facebook team or professional hacker.

The example you gave of hacking in not considered hacking dear. That is called virtual theft. Stealing credit card numbers is something else and mostly people doing that are easily traceable in western countries. You should have researched about that before posting.

And I still say that professional hackers require hi-fi rigs. There is no point in discussing that. Only noobs try hacking from simple computers and thus they have a greater chance getting caught too.

$tyli$h Executive:
I don't have the time to download the 2 GB torrent file. But its not hacking, I realize now. I thought it was the full profile info. Anyway, facebook got a loose privacy policy.

Look up the definition of hacking in any technology dictionary. Hacking is any form of unauthorized access in a computer system. Identity theft like Curador did, is a subcomponent of hacking, and is a kind of hacking itself. It is gaining UNauthorized access to a database to get credit card numbers and personal data. Better get your definitions right first.

And to get caught, we are not discussing about that here. We are discussing hacking here, not security methods or the chances of getting caught. ALL professional hackers have spent time in jail, at some point of their life. Google it. Some had spent more than 10 years.

cutee:
Did you know that facebook, the world's biggest website only has revenues of $500m a year? That is revenue, not profit.
And twitter has not made any money so far.

DrEvil:

--- Quote from: $tyli$h Executive on July 29, 2010, 06:19:35 pm ---Look up the definition of hacking in any technology dictionary. Hacking is any form of unauthorized access in a computer system. Identity theft like Curador did, is a subcomponent of hacking, and is a kind of hacking itself. It is gaining UNauthorized access to a database to get credit card numbers and personal data. Better get your definitions right first.

And to get caught, we are not discussing about that here. We are discussing hacking here, not security methods or the chances of getting caught. ALL professional hackers have spent time in jail, at some point of their life. Google it. Some had spent more than 10 years.

--- End quote ---

Don't worry, I know all the definitions that I need to know.

And I know many hackers that are far from jail.  ;)


@Ex Prime Minister Tony Blair here
Why is that so?

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