Watch Your Hack

A manual to protect yourself against hackers 👨‍💻

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A manual to protect yourself against hackers 👨‍💻

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An extensive manual to protect yourself online 👨‍💻, written with the help of six hackers and understandable by anyone. It's free, with no ads, trackers or sponsoring. I just want to make the online world a safer place 👍

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Knight TouchBar 2000

Very accessible and comprehensive guide! Thanks. May I ask an unrelated question? If you or a friend made it, may I ask you what technique do you use to make the noise on the 3 first images on the website? For example, this one:

Do you just add a global noise or it is something else? Because I feel like the noise isn't everywhere sometimes, but it may be because of light colors (thus the noise isn't visible as it is white). (sorry for the unrelated question, I've been liking this so far!)

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8yr ago

Watch Your Hack

Maker

@akdm_ Hi Anthony! Thanks for your reply. All the chapter images like the one above have a bit of noise as you can see, the website doesn't add noise. The designer (Laura Kolker) added the noise. I could choose between images with or without noise, and I found the images with noise a bit nicer.

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8yr ago

Knight TouchBar 2000

@danielverlaan Thanks for your reply Daniël. Yes I know that isn't added by any CSS styling :) My question was indeed what technique did she used to add this noise, as if it's a global (white) noise or something else. But I guess I'll contact her directly! Thanks again.

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8yr ago

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Maker

@akdm_ Hmm, I don't know what technique she used. You can contact Laura via Dribble! https://dribbble.com/Laurakolker

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8yr ago

Knight TouchBar 2000

@danielverlaan Thanks Daniël, I've contacted her!

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8yr ago

@danielverlaan @akdm_ It looks like: Photoshop > Filters > Noise > Add Noise> between 5 to 10%

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8yr ago

Very nice looking guide 👍 I really like your typeface choice: "iA Writer Duospace" by @reichenstein (https://ia.net/topics/in-search-...). Big iA Writer fan, so I instantly notice it :) I thought it is not allowed to use it on the web, there is no licensing option for it (or?), how did you get the agreement? Also the illustrations are 🚀

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8yr ago

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Maker

@serglotz Hi Sergej, I didn't knew that. Someone suggested the font for better reading, so I looked it up and added it. Shooting a message to @reichenstein right now. And thanks for the compliment about the illustraties, I'll pass that along to Laura Kolker, the designer :-)

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8yr ago

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Maker

@serglotz Got a reply from @reichenstein: "You can totally use it anywhere you like." :-)

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8yr ago

@reichenstein @danielverlaan This is awesome! 🌞

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8yr ago

This guide is great for novice users. Everything you keep telling your mom and more. I've been sharing the Dutch version with every non tech-savvy family member I have. Saves moms worldwide.

Pros:

Thorough, easy to understand, ideal to send to your mom.

Cons:

Doesn't solve world hunger

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8yr ago

Happy to see this in English now! It’s already helped a lot of people understand basic things about being safe online, and how to protect your data and privacy. I love that it’s written in a way anyone will understand. Highly recommended to also send this to your non-techie friends and family!

Pros:

Actionable tips on online security for anyone: non-techies and techies

Cons:

None

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8yr ago

This is cool stuff! I was wondering who your target audience is; while it's necessary to educate the youth on the dangers of the internet, I feel this would also be incredibly helpful to the older generations (like my parents, who continue to fall for "free ram" downloads).

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8yr ago

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Maker

@hasan_liou Hi Hasa, thanks! I wrote Watch Your Hack in a way that my parents understand all the tips too. So yeah, is for basic internet users who aren't that tech savvy :-)

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8yr ago

Hunter

Brilliant product I've been using in Dutch (https://laatjeniethackmaken.nl) for family and friends. Good to see it's also available in English now!

Pros:

Easy to use and share

Cons:

None

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8yr ago

Very thorough guide for non-tech people to use the internet in a safer way. Already received a lot of praise in the dutch community where it was published first

Pros:

Created by an independent journalist with support from hackers.

Cons:

Only 1 driving force behind this project who also does this entirely voluntary. Should be backed by government or other public organization.

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