Things You didn't Know about computer hacking
COMPUTER HACKING Hacking has been a Hollywood staple for decades. From Hackers to Independence Day, we love seeing heroes and villains duke it out on the digital plane. Fingers fly, text scrolls, computers literally explode — it's dramatic stuff. It's only becoming more and more relevant as technology becomes ever more intertwined with the everyday and large-scale hack jobs like the Ashley Madison and Equifax leaks make headlines. Plus, to the layman, it's basically magic. You type some stuff in, you press the enter key, and money, secrets, and all manner of useful information falls into your lap. Right? Wrong. Hacking might be capable of fantastic feats of subterfuge, espionage, and trickery, but it's a long ways off from the mystical mumbo-jumbo movies make it into. The truth is that hacking is simultaneously a lot more mundane and a lot more weird than you might guess. In fact, it's a lot more in reach of the average guy off the street than he might gue...