how does hacking work?

>>60134667
go away pajeet

>>60134667
Hacking is taking advantage of a loophole someone missed while designing software or tool.

>>60134712
/thread

Shitty analogy.
Someone built a wall. You want whatever is on the other side. You can find a place where the wall can be broken (bruteforce), you can guess the password to open the gate (vulnerability/bruteforce), or even go over the wall (bypass).
If you liked what you saw inside, you would want to leave something to make your return easier. So you modify the gate switch so that it opens when you say "OPEN UP SANTA'S HERE". That's a backdoor.

Now get out.

>>60134738
Or, you get good at recognizing patterns in things you only half understand.

>>60134738
where is the rest you reggin

>>60134667

Being a hacker is a state of mind and it isn't about stealing. A person who exploits with a computer is a cracker. A portion of hackers are crackers, most crackers are hackers.

A hacker is someone who is highly skilled at building things, typically software and/or electronics.

Usually the term "Hack" is associated with something that is highly optimized, exceptionally novel, or done quickly. Here is an example of a hack:

// The amount of ones in x
int pop0(unsigned x) {
   x = (x & 0x55555555) + ((x >> 1) & 0x55555555);
   x = (x & 0x33333333) + ((x >> 2) & 0x33333333);
   x = (x & 0x0F0F0F0F) + ((x >> 4) & 0x0F0F0F0F);
   x = (x & 0x00FF00FF) + ((x >> 8) & 0x00FF00FF);
   x = (x & 0x0000FFFF) + ((x >>16) & 0x0000FFFF);
   return x;
}

>>60134766
Hey, that's me!

>>60134667
Lawyering.

>>60134940
https://thebarchive.com/b/thread/730656073/#730664839

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>>60134667
it works like this

>>60134978
thats most people