Tales from the Hackaday “tip line”

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Tales from the Hackaday “tip line”

Lets just start right off and acknowledge that the word “Hack” is in our site name. We all see it. It is right there, in plain English. However, anyone who spends more than a few nanoseconds looking down below that big name, will quickly see that the kind of hacking we do is more like McGyver and less like Operation Swordfish.
This exceedingly obvious point is missed by many, many people. We get tons of requests coming in for various acts of hackery. They range from nonsense gibberish to flagrant lies. Yeah, sure you forgot your password and the recovery system isn’t working. Oh they stole your website but you can’t prove that you’re the owner? Hrm, you want to be a master hacker and are seeking our guidance on how to steal money?
Join me after the break for a few actual examples.

hi haw are you
please hack in software,the software iran.
hurry up
tinx
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Hi, I am fine thanks. I’ll get to that as soon as possible.
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hi there, I’m 13 years old, and my level 119 from Runescape.com just got hacked. i would love if you guys can please hack it back please i try to recovery the password but it wouldn’t for for some reason. the user name is (removed) and the last password i knew was (removed). please try your best to hack it back and if you guys get it send me a message the password.
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Man, that really sucks. If only there were someone you could contact about that.
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Please hack (removed)@hotmail.com this for me and send the password to (removed)@hotmail.com
thank u so much!
jello
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Well, I guess the honesty is refreshing. No, we’re not going to hack that email address for you.
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Hai. I want to learn the lessons penetrate the system gsm>
send me : (removed)@windowslive.com
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No, we’re not going to teach you how to penetrate GSM systems. I’m not even sure that anybody here even knows what you mean.
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Hello
I need smart card writer with softver and 100 blanc card.
I need that to copy bank card ,can you halp me to buy that itams because I am not shure wot card and writer is some.
Regards
D.
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No, we will certainly not help you buy the itams you need. We’re not really shure why you thought we would. (yes, I realize I shouldn’t be throwing stones on spelling and grammar.)
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Hi,
My name is (removed). An enemy of mine put up my picture and my full names on a satanic website, www.(removed).com claiming that I sold my soul.
I have asked them numerous times to take it down since I did no such thing, but they have refused to take it down.
Can you please hack their website?
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Regards.
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I have it on good authority that you did in fact sell your soul. Sorry, we just can’t help you there.
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I was wondering if you could help me hack into your bank account.  I’ve lost the password to my own.
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Yeah, no prob– wait, you almost had me there!
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i am interested to learn hacking someones bank account or money. i need money for my family. please help me and advice me how can i hack some ones bank account or money.
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Man, that is actually sad. Still, NO.
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Do you know to hack facebook password
please tell me
Add me on facebook (removed)    Jersey Photo.
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No, I seriously don’t know how to hack facebook passwords. No I won’t add you on facebook. Missouri Photo.
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hello, a sincere request from you’ll could you please teach me how to hack facebook or gmail,,,,pls,,,,u people are masters in this,,,,,jus help me wd this i wud be really thankful to u……
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Wow, this just hurts.
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I could go on and on and on. We get these in all the time. Another peculiar thing I’ve noticed is that many of them even forget to give us a link to the site or email they want hacked. They just simply state “please hack”, or “hack site”.  Maybe these are just die hard Hackaday fans encouraging us to keep up the good work, but I seriously doubt it.
In conclusion, no, we won’t hack that for you.

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