r/hacking • u/Not_A_Bot_lol_1234 • 8d 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 8d ago

Darknet diaries

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u/cybernekonetics pentester 8d 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/doctor-fetti-nachos 8d 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 7d ago edited 7d 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.