Linus got hacked!?!?!? - Honest Answers Episode 3
Вставка
- Опубліковано 5 тра 2024
- What's up with Amazon Associates, the hack, and more here on Honest Answers Episode 3!
iFixit link: Use offer code LINUS to save $5 off a purchase of $10 or more at ifixit.com/linus
Massdrop link: dro.ps/ltt-k7xx-black2
Buy Amazon Prime: geni.us/sdX5S
Discuss on the forum: linustechtips.com/main/topic/...
Affiliates, referral programs, & sponsors: linustechtips.com/main/topic/...
Join our community forum: bit.ly/ZkLvE7
/ linustech
/ linustech
Intro Screen Music Credit:
Title: Laszlo - Supernova
Video Link: • [Electro] - Laszlo - S...
iTunes Download Link: itunes.apple.com/us/album/sup...
Artist Link: / laszlomusic
Outro Screen Music Credit: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High / approachingnirvana
Sound effects provided by www.freesfx.co.uk/sfx/ - Наука та технологія
I would sue the shit out of that cell provider.
Its Bell Canada
That's why Bell is known for their bad customer service!
+twodimensionsjhr It's the worst customer service I've ever seen. I have to call them each month for them to "fix" again my "broken" internet connection. They just never repair it.
yeah how the fuck do you get tricked like that? Doesn't seem possible to me, unless something else happened
Bell Canada is the Equivalent to AT&T. probably wouldn't go too well for them.
My experience with Amazon in the past as anything but a customer of some one off product was a total nightmare. Like Google, you're dealing with a machine that was constructed with the intention of keeping you from ever accessing a human. :(
no replies? interesting..
btw i love your shitposts
...and we were promised a leisure life-style..and jet-packs... Turns out that can only happen if ya can afford the phone company and other utility bills!
I was once sold a phone from a close relative to me as said relative had up-graded to the newer, shinier model. Fair enough, I thought and transferred the remaining credit on my old phone to this replacement to the 'new' phone and I registered the 'new' phone with my 'new' number as mine.(relative hadn't bothered). Some time later, said relative phoned me late one New Years Night, quite late, needing to know exactly what my balance was. Obviously I did not give that out. Glad I didn't as, when I phoned the phone provider next day, turns out that said relative was trying to hack and empty my account. I'm disabled, y'see, and no effs were given by said very close relative. It's now a pass-worded account, even to speak to said costly machines to access the humans on the other side of the phone company's internal exchange/server now and they ask it again. Sad when ya can't trust a sibling. (Say No to voice-responding wi-fi/LAN connected speakers and think twice about the ISP access, esp. if you use it for work matters!!)
Please excuse the overly-long 'tale of near woe' and inter-necine fraud.
hey Louis!
Am I the only one that doesn't know wtf this is supposed to say?
Wow this really got a season 2
Thanks for the details.
Probably the most reasonable and logical top comment I have ever seen. That’s how you know 2021 is gonna be messed up
ok
That comment was from 2016 so your comment is invalid lol
Hey Linus, there has to be a better way to move/scroll the teleprompter than making it look like you keep adjusting your nuts.
+v1d300 no prompter. I'm just adjusting my man acorns.
+LinusTechTips two comments?
circumcised? TMI Linus, TMI.
Damn straight.
+LinusTechTips 😂😂😂😂
Can we all be honest here for a moment, Linus is one of the very few owners of a business that not only gets on camera all the time, but also gets a video out about issues, where he is the only person talking about said issues. The amount of transparency he has is miles above most of the world.
Hahaha linus is ok but I think you are exaggerating a bit too much
I do not think so, from vlogs about doing projects to their old location (whole room water cooling), to great vlogs about their current location being built. He shares a good 80% of what goes on, has even done a video where talks about how they make their money. He has been on camera all the time, and frankly the only things he does not share are personal info and things that might open a hole into their security.
Sure other youtubers might do stuff like this, but he is running a company with several people and still does this.
It's not that hes the best at it. He definitely is better than most when it comes to not being so vague and sketchy, but he just looks much better because so many people are just shady and crappy *cough* TmarTn *cough*
While he is quite open and transparant, in this vid he basically shuts down any questions about what the actual security issues are, a private email address for your registrar is a bit dumb to do but it's the other stuff that he says he won't talk about... Security through obscurity is no security, hiding your weaknesses works for the majority of people, not for those searching your weaknesses.
On the subject, while they're a large commercial company, Cloudflare has released some pretty detailed posts about leaks in their system, in those of connected parties and on attacks on them and their customers, even Defcon talks discussing their approach, internal communication and even their lawyers take on it.
LMG definitely is open, but not on the actual info.
+Some Guy : you're shaming the messenger imo. comparing apples and oranges
Their first mistake was trying to hack Linus lmao...
Didn't even get past the twitter/website. No server data... No youtube channel information...
Blocked hard lol, rip the other channels who didn't have the team and knowledge backing them up.
@@MickTShaft who tf are you?
boss lmfao
Micheal Reeves would've hacked them back instead and get their phone number and hold them hostage
💀
really got a part 2, just 6 years later
Hey Linus, can you make a video on how to secure all of our accounts, personal info, and all that jazz. Thx dude
By the way, whoever uploaded this didn't add it to the honest answers playlist. :P
+Eli Hopf it's probably Taran tbh
That could be on techquickie.. I mean - fast as possible: securing accounts..
There isn't much to say, really:
- Never say more than you need to. (why does your twitter account need to know where you live or where you are right now?). I don't even tell most accounts that I'm a man.
- use different passwords for different accounts. A trick I use is: my passwords are sentences in a non-english language with the spaces replaced by different signs. These are long and for a computer unbreakable.
- don't store your passwords anywhere on any device that can somehow transmit data. Books are best, but if you have many accounts that you often switch passwords with for safety, it can be a hassle. I use a simless smartphone with all signals off.
- don't connect your twitter/youtube/google/twitch/paypal account with other accounts, especially if that account contains your address. Any breach in those, is a breach in all.
- Don't click suspicious links, they could be IP or password loggers.
- ONLY use phone 2 step authentication if it does NOT replace passwords or password recovery. It needs to be an extra layer of defence, not a different route to take. Don't use it on Gmail
- Use a different email for very valuable stuff, like paypal
- clean cookies and saved forms periodically.
- if you expect that anything could be on your computer, immediately run antivirus.
- Have a seperate 'spam' email account for account registration. Never make any of them visible.
Some are borderline tin foil hats, though. If you lose anything, it can always get recovered. The important thing with a hack is that it stays contained. Easily the most important accounts are payment accounts (paypal and bank) and email. Generally hackers use exploits on sites (or services, like with the identity theft for 2 step authentication) to get data. Make sure that, if they use this, they only can get into one account. This is the only thing you can do since the site's security isn't in your hands.
don`t save your passwords in browsers instead use app that encrypts them
don`t use one password for many sites
don`t use simple passwords i.e 123, password, birthday, etc
try using numbers and letters
beware for suspicious sites wanting your personal data for reasons ...
Linus is not Linus without the godly Supernova Intro
o shit waddup
Agreed
+Memorin here come dat boi
Nm
potato no
That ain't fair, I also said "Weeb" and you still got all teh liekz (plays sad violin theme)
and here we go again
Remember when Linus showed his last pass on stream?
Ha, yeah, but he fixed that in less than a mInute.
It was also prerecorded since it was a holiday so it was fixed long before even that. Linus admitted such in the chat.
no.
Whoa, how he managed to do that? lol
lol what was it
quick sub to Linus cat tips make them triple gold
They should do more cat vids at ChannelSuperFun. More Rumble action!
that would make em quadruple gold, ltt, lct, csf, and tq
perhaps
I didn't even know that existed.
I have no words...
"I don't cover UA-cam drama"
*shouts out h3h3 instead of keem*
LMAO, good step Linus
Do u thinl he even watches those videos
+Aaponton he even said himself that he doesnt really watch youtube all that much
Dukez Venom yea
It's funny cause H3h3 and keem both make drama.
Yet H3h3 is tolerable while Keem is pure cancer.
7:09, Make "lemons" out of "lemonade" ?
Am I hearing him right or is he some extreme chemist?
most chemical process can be reversed. you could use said lemonade to grow more lemons
its got electrolytes. its what plants crave
lol that’s what happens when you tubers make improv videos
wwdavis8989 I get it
Nope, it was just an example of a hacking method in action
@@TheHomelessLion It's called a joke
Awee shiiiii… here we go again
T-mobile updated their SIM card change policy a couple days ago, requiring a one time PIN to verify a change. I'm assuming other providers will follow suit...
who would hack Linus? he does nothing but help ppl :( sorry bro
Idiots want their fifteen minutes of fame. Sadly decent people get caught in the crossfire.
+Pointblankmos yea,only person who deserved it was leafy
I'm not sure. Seems to be poodlecorp.
michael pichardo Even though I hate Leafyishere, breaches of privacy are never a good thing. For every bad person who gets hacked for "justice", there are 3 more good people hacked for no reason, most notably Linus, Boogie, and h3h3.
People want to feel like they mean something in the world. Some are far more desperate than others to do so.
im proud of you linus and crew! handled the situation calmly and orderly without extra hastle and without a big fuss. great job guys!!
make lemons outa lemonade
Negitive One You dont know who that nobody is
Sugar is bad for you.
Quenton Millstid
Are you talking about the super mario bros 2
TheSuperMarioBros2 I haven't seen the video, but I like that.
Hold on I'll figure it out...
Honestly. I feel like Honest Answers are like the Filler Episodes of Naruto, it's just there to fill a quota. Don't get me wrong, I'm eating potato chips watching this in intrigue.
+Viet Lee honestly we had another video lined up for today and decided this was important. Definitely not filler imo.
REKT
what the, Viet lee is at jknews and then transferred to LinusTechTips? Whoopie
+LinusTechTips this might be really crazy but can you do a video on a desktop case that looks like a car? kind of like the ship case
The amount of transparency your guys have been having recently it really nice to see, as well as greatly appreciated. It makes me feel good knowing that I'm not being fed false information or being lied to because of corporate greed. Keep up the great work!
This really got a part 2 💀
I appreciate this video. The information was good to hear and the tone was dead-on. Glad to hear you're back on your feet.
Well done Linus. The fact that you re coming here and explain in as much technical detail as possible, what has happened with your channel goes to show you re actually dedicated to your subscribers.
I hope you get to billion you re out the the few that deserve it!
I don't understand - what's going on in Canada/USA that basically every smooth talker can call to your phone company and get replacement SIM in your name?? Here in most of europe you must show up in operator's shop with valid ID in person to even request SIM replacement, let alone get it.
Sell phones in Canada: 99% of the time we need photo ID. Every now and then an idiot salesman really wants the sweet commission and bends the rules. These people should be fired, but are generally actually praised by the higher ups because they're more aggressive at selling.
Imagine your [brother/sister/cousin] goes to your phone company's shop with a fake ID in your name, and a self-printed bill (or "I moved house since I changed address. Here is [a fake bill with] my current address".
Does your phone company have an up-to-date picture of you? Do they even have your ID on record?
Any argument of "your phone is here on the network. Do you want us to call your phone?" can be countered with "my phone was stolen, please deactivate it".
it's much tougher to do all that and will deter most people.
+Adderkleet here in Dubai (even though nobody likes phone providers) they at least have a copy of the ID in their data bases. You can request one by phone but you need to show up and provide valid identification
Cheap fake ID and boom you're done. It doesn't have to actually match your real ID's picture unless the business has it recorded. This is a flaw everywhere, not just US/Canada.
Can't you sue the tel co for having help compromise your account? It's their poor security that did that
Funniest thing is it has nothing to do with security, it's just someone calling them that they work there but need that persons info.
The individual's involved in this are not even in Canada, let alone actually Bell employees... lol
Remember your security at most places is as good as that minimum-wage temp person working in flyover country, or even better yet somebody at a call-center in India.
So when you see somebody working an aisle at a big-box store, or flipping burgers, think of their desk-job equivalent handling all your precious account details.
Sorry to hear that this happened to you. This can happen to anyone, and it's great that you shared it to followers to let them know it can happen to even advanced technicians.
Sorry for you man, good luck and thank you for all these years of great videos!
"Hackers"
Hackers not like in Watch_Dogs but more like losers wrecking havoc in their mom's basement.
The worst thing is his mom doesnt even know
the stupid thing is that they don't even know how to hack
I do believe the term for that is Script Kiddie.
Didn't think it was possible to be worse than watch dogs
they don't use scripts, they social engineer phone companies to get access to their accounts
4:53 One of the very exact reasons I do NOT have a cell phone number (or any number for that case) as a lost password thing.
I love all the transparency, you guys are like the overwatch dev team haha. Glad you're safe Linus, keep up the great content as always!
That ifixit sponsorship spot was actually big help to me! Just ordered an iPhone 5s battery replacement kit since my the battery in my phone is all swollen. Thank you Linus Tech Tips!
This did not age well XD
Lol
Time for the Part 2 video!
I love this channel! I watch it whenever a new vid gets posted.
i am really enjoying the honest answers series. keep it up. you guys are amazing
Actually came to learn more. Linus does not seem like the same human 6 years later. Very different micro-mannerisms
Linus: actually gets hacked
UA-cam: check this out
i need more of these videos
Congrats on the double gold! You guys are great and I look forward to getting more content in the future.
why are there 720 dislikes? what is there to honestly dislike?
Double noscope
Probably because it's not about new and shiny tech, people are dumb that way
Because they urinate into their own mouths and hate life
People dislike for the tiniest of reasons.
I guess because of the commentary about h3h3.
Recent cell phone system attacks (basically, lack of security in SS7) have proven using phone calls and SMS a poor way to add another authentication factor, but is arguably better than nothing. I would recommend activating RFC 6238 TOTP instead (e.g. Google Authenticator et al) where it is allowed to be used. Then protecting the 2nd factor auth becomes keeping the TOTP seed/initial value/whatever it's called protected/secret. (BTW, Google, might be nice to add a passphrase or PIN to your app so that the items stored in your SQLite DB can't be read meaningfully.)
I don't even understand what I just read
It simply means to use a 'mobile OTP app' for 2FA instead of using SMS since carrier systems suck balls.
Ken Choo Oh ok. Thanks
I agree, Google Authenticator needs some data encryption
Encrypting the 2nd factor shouldn't be necessary for security. The password is what you know, the authenticator device is what you have - a secret plus a physical thing. ATM bank cards are the same 2FA setup and you don't need to encrypt your physical bank card for the security model to work.
Yup the forwarding function got me on my knees once too.
Linus, I have always watched and learned from your videos. In fact, I have used your videos first when searching on UA-cam for TS computer problems. I am happy to see your progress and passion for everything techkie.... I love the channel and I love your team!!
3:32
Lol I knew that post from before ;D
4 years later - ChannelSuperFun still below 1 mil.
Thank you for discussing this Linus
Thanks for the updates!
7:50, Hmmm. I do love Dennis...
I have been waiting for this!
Mayo?
ja
Bad day?
YT drama love
No joke, this video made be finally get around to auditing and fixing up account security for my three most important internet accounts (Google, Microsoft, and Apple). I'm also going to make a trip to my mobile carrier in-person soon and ask what's their ID policy when it comes to making changes to mobile lines.
I am glad people like Linus are around. Straight up, no bullshit. You don't need it, but good luck with all your future endeavors Linus.
I wish the best for you and your team. With love from Russia.... ok, Oregon.
Next Honest Answers: Why socks and sandals are the optimum footwear.
You may think I'm joking but I could literally listen to Linus ramble about anything.
History repeats itself I guess
Hey LTT, thanks for the great videos. Can we have more server related content in future? unRAID, Storinator etc are really interesting!
Your videos are more intense than the "Deadliest catch!" Thanks for everything that you and your team do for us humble PC enthusiasts!
I actually watch Deadliest Catch, lol!
Go to the beginning, play the video, and spam the left arrow key.
"Make lemons out of lemonade right?"
Yes, Linus. Precisely.
Very professional and informative. Thanks for publishing it!
Glad to hear you have almost everything sorted out Linus.
Well that aged perfectly
Who's back after the latest incident? Just watched the update on the March 23 2023 incident
@4:20 Aw, bless her heart. At least she cares, even if she doesn't understand what exactly it is she should be worried about.
congratulations linus. you're my 2nd favorite UA-camr doe. 2nd from LostPause, and the reason is that you're such a perky guy who is useful to come to for tech tips. (in the name)
7:07 NOOOO!, "Make life take the lemons back! DEMAND to see life's manager!" - Cave Jhonson
Lol
#portal
Phone carriers should require government issued photo id and a social security number in order to activate a new sim. They have that information already.
Elliot Gluck how the fuck do they have your fucking social? get Google project fi. maybe you won't be stupid enough to give it to them. government ID sure. social security no. might as well let ANOTHER COMPANY full of people know your shit because if you're and adult god knows every other company has it.
It can still be accessed with the right choice of vernacular. Everyone is vulnerable to a social engineering attack. Its just a matter of "when will you crack".
too late now, your SSN is leaked everywhere WOOOO LETS GO AMERICA
Not every phone carrier does. I would assume prepay carriers in the US don't, like prepay carriers here in NZ don't
Horrible idea? What if someone lost their card or something and didn’t get a new one!?
Thumbs up for bringing awareness to the community on social hacking and the issues it can bring. Even though it's drama it's drama that needs talking about.
Your videos are really well made
This video is ironic now he ACTUALLY just got hacked
This aged well
I have so much respect for Linus and his team. They bust their ass every day and definitely deserve a lot of love. You guys created a great community with your forums and I would say for tech info rivals that of reddit possibly better.
great transparency and informative
Well it's ironic
7:08 make lemons out of lemonades wtf?!
Yeah now that i think about it most of my accounts work via connection to my personal email, ofcourse it's not the one i use publically but i think i should start making individual id's for each of my needs
Men, went back because they recommended it in the most recent "we got hacked" video. What a throwback.
H3H3 dosen't create drama. Leafy does ;)
no he doesn't drama alert does that
Saber King of Knights pretty much anyone reporting on drama creates drama by blowing it out of proportion >.>
AllDarkness1, Freelancer Assassin i agree
Keemstar. Yes.
Leafy's jokes are shit. Also he's making the same content all over again also using "THE CRINGIEST KID" In like 40 videos...
Ah well, it happened again
Here in austria, we have to go through a 2-Step verifcation if we wanna change something on phone contracts,at least on Three. We have to answer a secret question and if we dont know it, we NEED to provide a drivers license or passport to verify ourselves
thats 2fa (or multi factor authentication), and secret question and answer is bad
Also i would suggest updating your password every week or even 2 or 3 days, we here at JourneyHeart Studios has had our private servers hacked into before but its a good thing every file was redirected to a server that has high security and has one of our alpha security that is still in its alpha stages that it goes on a bar code scan that our private app lets our staff login to the Main server that holds the actual files so none of our files were taken or leaked but i would recommend to everyone to please update your passwords every 2, 3, or a week daily basic to keep it secured.
wait... there are places on youtube with drama-less honesty? how did i just find this channel 2 weeks ago? D:
Penguinz0 is another
RalphArwen ok, thanks :)
Sir Zoidberg no problem
8:09 Still waiting Linus ;)
8:14
that was one of the best delivered sales pitches dropping prime when you did. and i hate ads.
And we're back
Linus is explaining how to hack. Nice.
Here after LTT got hacked and he got it back
I needed this vid.
after working at a service department of a large mobile network provider I soon realized these text message security checks are extremely vulnerable. It is incredibility easy to get a working simcard with a persons cellphone number with only basic information on that person, such as can be found on facebook over the phone. Also anyone working at a mobile phone provider having access to the basic service IT systems can link any given number to a blank sim easy and practically untraceable (lots of working accounts floating around that belonged to former employee's that where still working perfectly fine at the place I worked at)
5$ is alot, could we get a discount? I feel like 5$ less would be good.
no linus, dont make lemonade, make them take the lemons back, get mad, burn their house down
ey, i want a review and some fix tips with that ifixit kit!!
It was probably an employee at the cell phone company. I work at ATT and if i have someones phone number, i can get into anyone's acct and add phones, change sim cards, anything and everything. Only thing I cant do is activate a new line with a new phone without the last 4 of social but even that, especially if social engineering is involved is rather easy to get a hold of.
Ha I don't have a data plan
Linus, you did not state specifically what Amazon cited you on. Please tell us so that we don't make the same mistake.
I'm not positive but given some of the vague context and what I've heard before Amazon gets prickly when you say things like "Use this link to get something from Amazon, we get money from it".
Basically, from what I've pieced together in the past, you can use affiliate links and you can say you are an Amazon Affiliate, but you can't say Amazon gives you a slice of the sale and how how big or how much that slice is.
My guess is that when they did their vid about how they make money and posted what percentage of their funding is from Amazon Affiliate links someone at Amazon got a bee in their bonnet and nuked them.
Most do from what I can see... I find Amazon's rules to be confusing, intentionally vague, and inconsistently enforced. I'm not saying this is why LTT got nuked, this is just my best guess based on what I've read, seen, and experienced.
It's against amazon's rules for affiliates to tell their viewers to change their bookmark to one with their link.
He got in trouble for suggesting people use his affiliate url as an Amazon bookmark rather than advertising/linking specific items.
so he was punished for being transparent?
Thankfully you were able to jump on it quickly and fix it before they had a chance to do any more than they did.
Thanks for the honesty!
you Need to write a book on how to run a successful business
5:13 Linus called out h3h3 xD
7:07 "make lemons out of lemonade" - lol. :P
phew!~ good to know that you got everything under control again! ^~^