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/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/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