Operation Luigi: How I hacked my friend without her noticing
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> Set her password to qwerty1 I feel like this may break the rule about not interrupting her daily life. Since the other easy password documented in the article wasn't her current one, it is at least possible that she had chosen a more difficult password as her current one. Downgrading from her current password back to the old easy one makes her vulnerable to other attackers-- especially if she did not quickly reset it to something other than qwerty1…
> She explains to me how she got an email from Apple about her account and there was a phone number in it. I tug my collar several meters into the next room, knocking over several carefully-potted indoor plants. That line was fucking gold.
Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14919845
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HN stats
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 475
- Total comments
- 103
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-11-26 | Operation Luigi: How I hacked my friend without her noticing | smackfu | 3 | 0 |
| 2017-11-28 | Operation Luigi: How I hacked my friend without her noticing | defaultnamehere | 2 | 0 |
| 2017-11-28 | Operation Luigi: How I hacked my friend without her noticing | defaultnamehere | 2 | 0 |
| 2017-11-29 | Operation Luigi: How I hacked my friend without her noticing | defaultnamehere | 1 | 0 |
| 2017-12-01 | Operation Luigi: How I hacked my friend without her noticing | defaultnamehere | 4 | 1 |
| 2017-12-05 | Operation Luigi: How I hacked my friend without her noticing | defaultnamehere | 1 | 0 |
| 2018-11-06 | Operation Luigi: How I hacked my friend without her noticing (2017)First breakout | petethomas | 220 | 59 |
| 2023-02-01 | Operation Luigi: How I hacked my friend without her noticingBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | mfbx9da4 | 242 | 43 |