Ask HN: Your biggest non-technical hack/discovery

Re:Ask HN: Your biggest non-technical hack/discovery by ax0n on Sunday October 11, 2009 @11:43PM (#875924)

I agree wholeheartedly. My best hack? I can figure out how almost anything works, usually very quickly, by probing for rules. It works for almost anything: mechanical, employment, electronics, etc.

Good for social engineering, too. :)

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Re:Ask HN: Your biggest non-technical hack/discovery by jjs on Monday October 12, 2009 @05:01AM (#876328)

A corollary: most ostensible rules aren't the real rules.

Knowing the difference is a form of power.

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Re:Ask HN: Your biggest non-technical hack/discovery by akamaka on Monday October 12, 2009 @06:17AM (#876408)

Downvoted by accident, sorry. Hope we get an undo feature someday.

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Re:Ask HN: Your biggest non-technical hack/discovery by Torn on Monday October 12, 2009 @06:52AM (#876458)

until then, here's a +1 to your parent

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Re:Ask HN: Your biggest non-technical hack/discovery by ax0n on Monday October 12, 2009 @11:08AM (#876839)

This is why probing for rules rather than accepting the documented ones works better :)

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