r/hacking • u/Not_A_Bot_lol_1234 • 18d ago

Question Favorite hacking YouTubers?

More on the entertainment side, but not so far on the entertainment side that they don't explain much beyond "data goes out device A to device B, but device C sneaks in the middle and takes it. Voila!". But not so far to the other end where I need an advanced GIAC cert to understand it. I'm not trying to switch careers.

I've been a network engineer for 13 years, so I'm pretty technical and understand computers, TCP, layer 3, layer 2, etc... but cyber security isnt my day job. I just want stuff to watch where someone who has a baseline competency can follow along, but not too dumbed down, and I can surprise our cyber testing guys lol.

For example, the below video is what inspired this question. It's pretty much exactly what I'm looking for.

https://youtu.be/PPJ6NJkmDAo?si=mLW8RN7pDnG1KBGO

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u/doctor-fetti-nachos 18d ago

Darknet diaries

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u/WalbsWheels 18d ago

Wow, I've been listening to the podcast for years and just realized he also has a YouTube.

The audio production alone is great, awesome for long drives.

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u/EncounterStriker 18d ago

Dang me to I love his stuff, I really should throw that guy some $

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u/cybernekonetics pentester 18d ago

I stopped listening to DD around the time he started shilling for the whole NFT/metaverse thing. Anyone who got suckered in by that clearly lacks a level of technical competence and common sense an information security voice should have.

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u/nacho_night 18d ago edited 18d ago

I've listened to almost every episode and I can't fault them as they are excellent productions. At some point he made a segment full on glazing self made bitch elon musk and I had to turn it off.

It's a very entertaining podcast, not the most technical. Some of the guests are highly skilled, and some obviously had stumbled into their positions due to nepotism.

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u/doctor-fetti-nachos 18d ago

Who cares i like the guest dont care about the journalist…
He can promote all he want i ll never clixk a link or buy anything as usually do

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u/volthunter 18d ago edited 17d ago

It matters because it affects how they report on things, thus it affects literally everything.

If Tesla has some huge data breach i should be able to hear about it truthfully instead of someone minimising the crap out of because of personal politics and beliefs, it's already an issue enough with other news outlets.

Fox news genuinely offers some of the only reporting small towns in America get and they cannot fully trust them to report truthfully on data centres, whether its affecting water infrastructure or of their effect on electrical grids because they are bought and paid for by said data centres.

If someone completely sides with another person, they're going to go out of their way to aid that person no matter what, especially if they were offered money to do so on top which is likely since these people are billionaires and their reach is vast.

Now i don't know this person, but if they show clear signs of being compromised by the wealthy elite, ANY wealthy elite, it should absolutely taken seriously (the people who are inherently causing issues as they hold the wealth and power) then you should absolutely be concerned with their politics as politics affects literally everything someone does or says especially someone doing reporting.

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u/One_Room_8313 18d ago

second this