I'm thinking about making one of my characters a hacker, but don't have any knowledge (at all) myself.
He'll have to delete things like student loans, identities and transfer money to himself.
Does anyone have tips on how to describe this without going too much in-depth?
Hey! I actually probably know less than you but I'm supposed to be doing school so I'd much rather take a shot at this
Deleting student loans: Either hacking into the designated bank website to remove the loans, or hacking into the school website (if it's a matter of paying the school through a school account ya know,,,,) and removing it there.
Deleting identities: might have to involve hacking into the government. remove any social media accounts, driver's license, if the person has a criminal record, that would take more effort. if you want to be thorough you might also have to get into removing birth certificates, school ids, it involves a lot of removing one's history.
Transferring money to himself: obviously this would be hacking into the bank and since i'm 100% guessing on this, might be as easy as editing your balance.
Now describing the actual act of hacking into something is another thing, and i only took one week of cyber security day camp so all i can tell you is it involves a lot of technological digging. hacking into a website might begin with it's source code and altering something in there. another way that people could hack into things is by those scam links.
i literally didn't look any of this up because if I went and googled "how to hack into the government" i fear the FBI man in my camera would shoot me on the spot:) anyway good luck my dude
hahah I just think the FBI camera man was laughing really loud ;) (I just love those jokes too much haha, probably will include one in the story)
Thank you for your tips, I'll try to look up some more myself and how to write it best. I found that the serie Mr Robot is a great on for more realistic computer and hacking stuff (looking at you Stark), so that's for other people looking for tips.
hey wait u like mr. robot i love that show so much
yes i do! I haven't watched it in a very long time tho, think I'm almost at the end of season one haha
ah i'm somewhere in season 2 it gets wild lmao :')
Have the geeky hacker girl/guy. Have her/him drink black coffee and have brilliantly dyed hair. Have her/him jump up out of her swivel chair when she/he hacks that sucker code she's/he's been trying to hack. Have her/him make some sassy as heck comments. Have her/him be mildly flirty. Geeky hackers! Guys!
Have them make the joke of furiously typing, putting on sunglasses, and saying in their rumbliest voice "I'm in."