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HOW TO BECOME A HACKER!?

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1/ Start with Linux: Run a UNIX-like operating systems are the operating systems of the internet, while you can learn to use the internet without understanding UNIX.   For this reason, the hacker culture today is pretty strongly UNIX-centered. There are many types of UNIX-like operating systems, the most popular being Linux, which you can run alongside Microsoft windows on the same machine. 2/ Learn HTML: If you don’t know how to program, learning basic Hypertext mark-up language (HTML) and gradually building proficiency is essential. What you see when you look at a website of pictures, images and design components is all codes using HTML. 3/ Learn the language of Programming: Python is a good “language “to start off with because it’s cleanly designed, well documented, and relatively kind to beginners. Despite being a good first language, it is not just a toy; it is very powerful, flexible, and well-suited for large projects. Java is an alt...

Beware! Viral Sarahah App Secretly Steals Your Entire Contact List

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Are you also one of those 18 Million users using SARAHAH? You should beware of this app because the anonymous feedback application may not be as private as it really sounds. Sarahah is a newly launched app that has become one of the hottest iPhone and Android apps in the past couple of weeks, allowing its users to sign up to receive anonymised, candid messages from other Sarahah users. However, it turns out that the app silently uploads users' phone contacts to the company's servers for no good reason, spotted by security analyst Zachary Julian. When an Android or iOS user downloads and installs the app for the first time, the app immediately harvests and uploads all phone numbers and email addresses from the user's address book, according to The Intercept . While an app requesting access to the user's phonebook is quite common if the app provides any feature that works with contacts, no such functionality in Sarahah is available right now. ...