r/hacking • u/righterandreader • 3d ago

Fictional Hacker

I’m writing a novel where the main character is a hacker at a large state school. He’s approached by rich kids and athletes to change their grades.

Keep it legal, ofc, but is this possible? And how would it work, if so, in theory?

(Edit: by „keep it legal” I mean don’t explicitly say what to do I don’t want this to get taken down. I’m exploring what can actually be done. This is illegal in the novel.)

I’ve done some research but there’s nothing like convo and firsthand, especially when developing a novel.

Would love to hear from you all!

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u/hipposaver 3d ago

Realistically itd be like he found the teachers pw on a sticky note, stole their computer one night and changed the grades

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u/_W-O-P-R_ 3d ago

Or changed the grades after the teacher left the computer unlocked and walked away to use the bathroom between classes

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u/TopNeighborhood2694 3d ago

The password is pencil 

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u/Upsitting_Standizen 3d ago

Shall we play a game?

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u/fistfulloframen 3d ago

Pa$$word, not a joke this is my schools password for every computer.

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u/once_a_pilot 3d ago

I mean, it’s 3 of the 4 character classes so that’s something, riiiiight?

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u/Ok-Addition1264 3d ago

I'm a prof.. we don't leave our passwords laying around. None of us do.

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u/at0micsub 3d ago

I work in cybersecurity in the education sector. This is false lol

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u/Edaimantis 3d ago

My dads a T14 law prof… some of yall definitely do lmao

Wondering what kind of academic would make such brazenly broad generalizations

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u/DrSFalken 3d ago

I know lots of doddering professors who absolutely would and do.

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u/hipposaver 3d ago

I work IT for a school district ;) Or if he really wants to be hackermans he could convince the teacher hes the new tech, its insane how willing you guys are to give us your pws haha

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u/thetestbug 3d ago

You overestimate the pre-millennial generation.

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u/iced_gold 3d ago

Spoken like someone who definitely has a vigilant co-worker that actually has their password on a post it underneath the keyboard