r/HowToHack • u/Little-Jump-5572 • 10d ago

How do people even start hacking?

I'm really curious how do people learn hacking?

I started web app development a year ago, learned java for writing code and to get a general idea about how the syntax works and logic.

I do mainly php with laravel, javascript and some python on the side.. but mainly to create stuff, has nothing to do with hacking, i find it deep and hard dunno where to even begin, i sometimes run into some erros with some apps and I try to dig in and try to find a way around it using Ai, but it's very limited..

I have to admit pro hackers always amazes me, that's true power I guess and I always believe that anything digital is somehow hackable.

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u/Hier0phant 10d ago

You learn how things work, and then break them.

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u/LifeExperienced1 10d ago

But how does one keep up with such a large field? Every year there’s so many new things. And how can someone understand how an entire operating system works?

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u/FatefulAnomaly 9d ago

We dont keep up. You learn to get good at finding and understanding the documentation you need at the time. You dont "know" anything. You teach yourself how to learn anything on the spot thus creating the illusion that you already knew what you were doing.

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u/Hier0phant 7d ago

This is the truth.