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I know that there is software out there that is made for hacking. I
don't think it, I know it from personal experience. I do not own any of
these programs, but I do know a lot about them.
Before I go on with my story,
you must understand what an online forum is. The technical
definition for a forum is 'a discussion group accessible through the
internet.' A forum is much like a bulletin board; users can submit
postings for all to read and discuss.
Who knew that a simple little
forum for chatting could hold many secrets of hacking and cheating
inside? I didn't know until a few months ago. Here's my story.
One rainy Saturday morning, I was home alone. My mother was shopping
with my sisters, and my father had gone into work that day to finish a
project. Anyway, I was pretty bored that day. Nothing was on television
and none of my friends were on Whyville. Aw, man.
I thought for a bit,
until I decided to play a game. What game can I play by myself? Well,
there were the Whyville games. But I said to myself, I'm not into
thinking today. Plus, my salary
is pretty high, too. I wanted to play something exciting. Then it hit
me. Miniclip.com! There are many games on that website, including
action! So I went to Miniclip.com to play my favorite game at the time,
Surf's Up.
I did pretty well at that game that day, if I do say so
myself. I decided to take a chance and submit my name to the
highscore list. To my surprise, I didn't make it on. Then I realized
why. The scores there were all in the millions! Some even billions! My
pathetic score of 60,000 would never make it!
I looked at the names,
and I saw that every single name was the same. It wasn't exactly a
name, though; it was a website address. I was very curious, so I typed
the address into my browser, and there I was. It was a forum,
the kind of place I talked about earlier in my article.
There were many
different topics to write in and discuss, but they were all about one
significant thing: hacking. Now, this wasn't just normal hacking. This
was very advanced hacking. Nothing like Whyville scammers who just ask
for a password, or manipulate people into giving away the wrong
information.
These hackers actually used a software called
'tsearch'. The different threads all talked about hacking games on the
miniclip website, Neopets (which I used to play when I was younger, so
that caught my eye), and many other things. They all used this
'tsearch' software, so if you didn't have it, you couldn't do it.
Some
so-called 'help' threads introduced hacking and what type of software
to use on different games. The person who set up this forum said in his
threads, "Flash games are so easy to hack, I could do it with my eyes
closed!" He even had pictures he took while hacking with captions on
how to hack, step by step.
I know that many Whyvillians have or still
do play on Neopets.com, so if you have or know of the site, this will
interest you. The host said that when you hack Neopets, you can get as
many "neopoints" as you want and put any item into your items list. One
of his many picture examples of 'step by step hacking' was how to hack
the "potatoe game" on Neopets.
It was awful reading these proud hackers'
successes. Luckily, after reading many of the posts, it seemed there
was nothing
about our beloved Whyville and how to hack it. But before everyone
wipes the sweat off their foreheads, read this:
The host of the forum
answered one person's question of "What websites can and cannot you
hack?"
His answer was: "You can hack ANY
SITE you want, as long as you
have a good version of 'tsearch' or any other softwares that are good
for your computer."
I did not understand all of the directions to hack
websites, for I do not own the software. And so, I don't know
how to stop them from hacking accounts. To try to ease your mind, let
me tell you, I realized that their way of hacking didn't seem to ruin
anything for
others (most of the time). Still, they seemed to not care about
anything
except themselves. Sounds selfish, but it does seem better than than
using hacking tools to ruin other's hard work. I think that if they did
hack Whyville, most of
them would just make themselves have huge amounts of clams and face
parts. In light of that, I have to tell the richest Whyvillian in
Whyville (the one with over 14
million clams) to watch out for yourself if you are innocent! It does
sound pretty odd to have that many clams.
Well, I hope that all of your questions from the article
"There's a
Better Way to Hack", by Dancer153, or any other articles have
been
answered in my article. If you have other questions, ymail me!
This is Jilly3 signing out.
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Editor's
Note: Excellent investigation, Jilly3! One small piece of good
news I can give you: City Hall assures me that Whyville's richest
citizen absolutely earned her clams the honest way. :-)
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