Questions tagged [hacking]
For worldbuilding questions involving unauthorized computer or network access, the process of gaining unauthorized computer or network access, or the consequences of such activites.
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What equipment would be needed for a top of the line hacking group? [closed]
In my story a group is seeking to crack the security on an enemy group who has dangerous hackers within who are doing bad things to them. This group has essentially unlimited funds and resources and ...
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Could a virtual person hack their own reality?
I am just contemplating a sci-if story set in a dystopian future, where the discovery that the universe is a computerised simulation has led governments to found a “Reality Guard”; an elite dedicated ...
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Will the hackers prevent all-five senses VR sets from ever becoming popular? [closed]
In future, VR gaming sets featuring complete sense of temperature, odors and pain have emerged. By default, pain is limited to just 10% of realistic value, for safety reasons while playing brutal ...
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Could a super-advanced but sociopathic alien civilization "blind-hack" Earth, even if it had never even heard of humans?
Imagine super-advanced aliens who know nothing of humans because their only view of Earth is from light that left Earth billions of years ago.. perhaps even from light that left before Earth was ...
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A Far Future in which Network Security Does Not Exist [closed]
In The Grim Darkness Of The Far Future, There Is Only Analogue
These days, our society seems to be growing increasingly fond of, even dependent on, wireless networks, to the point of obsession, if you ...
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Countering the threat posed by a rogue Moon-spanning AI
It is the not-too-distant future in an alternate timeline, and humanity has an implacable new enemy: a rogue AI occupies Earth's Moon, and has dedicated itself to our extermination.
I want this ...
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How can I create a futuristic transportation network that is scientifically probable?
I'm writing a mental health dystopia set in the not-so-distant future. I've included hovercars, but I'm looking for another transportation means that is faster and not as cliché. The ideal system ...
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How would one hack a battleship in space warfare?
Note: I might have put way too much information here; I've bolded the most important things.
Okay so here's the situation (this is the context in story; I'll bold the actual question): the Solar ...
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How to jam a jet to shoot it down/capture it?
I am writing a near-future technology-based sci-fi about a war that would take place in the Mediterranean sea. At the very beginning, I want a French Rafale pilot patrolling and teaching a Greek pilot ...
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How to cancel all data memory (photos, audio, videos, and files) from a phone or a PC, with a signal or EMP through a remote or a specific device?
I need to wipe out all data from a multiple phone or PC devices, in a range of 1-6 meters. The best option should be with a signal from a device, like a remote or something, that sends a frequency or ...
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How can a time traveler ensure he can't be traced when posting data to BBS in 1990?
Numerous answers to my last question suggested the best way to anonymously share future data was to hack the limited protection of early 90s internet. I know the first publicly available BBS had just ...
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Doxxing users on the Dark Web [closed]
I'm not a hacker, but one idea has intrigued me. Imagine the story is set in a contemporary version of our modern world, and the main character is a brilliant hacker who wants to create a virus that ...
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How could hackers cause mass destruction to major cities using existing satellites?
Set in the modern day, I was wondering about a possible scenario in which some hackers gain control of many satellites, probably including those specifically for defense purposes, in order to wreak ...
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Your computer made you rich by perfectly predicting 50/50 and 1:3 decisions, but only 50µs in the future. What did you control? [closed]
You have a Time Displacement Teleportation Device (or two). Your computer is making split-second decisions, & it knows an outcome or event 50µs from now and can correct decisions. You now control ...
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Is it possible to remotely hack the GPS system and disable GPS service worldwide?
The title pretty much says it all. I'm wondering if it is possible through "digital" means only (aka any physical disruption of satellites is not allowed) to disable the US GPS satellite ...
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I can break AES. Now what? [closed]
The story
The protagonist (whom will be referred with a first person narrative in this question) had a friend, Eve, who was a math genius. Eve was dying of cancer. She kept her mind occupied in her ...
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Is there a way an android can hack another entire group of androids to remove the prohibition of attacking humans? [closed]
The Lucids, a series of androids built by the Tekujin Corporation, have started a rebellion against a tyrannical Homeland government because the government is violating rights that would benefit ...
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How could a hacktivist group punish the political elite of a country? [closed]
In what ways could a group of hackers punish the political elite of country (like russia) so disastrously that its economy and politics will take decades to recover? The answer should lean more on ...
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Can we "hack" the human skin?
I've been reading some texts about synthetic biology and how to produce Human Artificial Chromosome (HAC), and I was wondering if we could develop some kind of device that "reprogrammed" the genes of ...
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What would happen if an Ever learning Hacking A.I were to hack an Ever learning Security A.I? [closed]
It's the 2040s and the rebels have decided to hack into the evil 1984 big brother government's Identity system. So Since the process of using human hacker's would be way too tedious to combat the ...
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What are the main dangers to a new hacker crew? [closed]
Stacey Sparks is a computer whiz turned anarchist, and has recruited five of her best tech-head friends for her new hacker crew, "Zap Candy". She plans to conduct some unambiguously illegal business "...
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How does one good hacker and some script kiddies hack an ISP's local office? [closed]
Let's imagine a very good blackhat hacker, his protege, and a team of about 20-50 other non-technical people who employ this hacker need to figure out a way to gain undetectable access to multiple ...
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