Tag: hacker

Reyuron’s Guide to Neopets Safety by Reyuron

Hi and welcome to my guide. I’ll start out bluntly, the only reasons I chose to write this is because it is REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE.

You’ve probably seen a lot of people open up trades saying “I got hacked, plz gime npps” or message boards saying “plz, i got haxed, giv me stuff plzzzzzzzzzz” Now this guide is to prevent people from actually REALLY get hacked or scammed.

First and for all. I’m going to cover the scammer part, since this is the most “popular” part amongst people.

Scammers are people who try to trick you into giving them YOUR NP’s, items or account/email password. The ONLY 2 lines that you have to remember or write down while browsing on Neopets are:
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Hacker? Cracker? Learn the Difference by Reene

First, let’s get one thing perfectly clear: A hacker would never want your account. As a matter of fact, hackers do not want anyone’s account.

Hackers do not break into bank accounts, seek to topple the government or write the viruses that make your life miserable. They don’t speak in l33t, break into computers or vandalize websites.

Believe it or not, they aren’t interested in the slightest in doing any of these things, and get kind of insulted when people keep saying that they do.

For quite some time now there has been a great deal of confusion among Neopians (and indeed some of the Neopets Staff themselves) about what, exactly, a hacker is. I will admit that even to myself it can be a confusing topic, but my goal with this article is to clarify the difference between the words ‘hacker’ and ‘cracker’ while briefly touching on ‘scammers’ and ‘script kiddies’ since they relate to the topic at hand. For starters, let’s look at a few definitions from The Jargon File (version 4.4.7):
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