Watch Your Hack

Watch Your Hack

A manual to protect yourself against hackers 👨‍💻

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An extensive manual to protect yourself online 👨‍💻, written with the help of six hackers and understandable by anyone. It's free, with no ads, trackers or sponsoring. I just want to make the online world a safer place 👍
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Jacqueline von Tesmar
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Hey @danielverlaan, Have you ever been hacked?
Daniël Verlaan
Watch Your Hack
Maker
@jacqvon Yes. Couple of times in my life :-) And it was because of stupid mistakes, like not changing my weak password or illegally downloading a game with ransomware in it. I've had my fair share... As a technology journalist I notice that most people lack basic knowledge of how the internet works. So I thought: why not change that. I called a few hacker friends and asked them for tips. That's how Watch Your Hack was made! I hope technology savvy people share the manual with friends & family who can use some basic online security tips :-)
Stefan

This guide is great for novice users. Everything you keep telling your mom and more. I've been sharing the Dutch version with every non tech-savvy family member I have. Saves moms worldwide.

Pros:

Thorough, easy to understand, ideal to send to your mom.

Cons:

Doesn't solve world hunger

Tom Klaver

Happy to see this in English now! It’s already helped a lot of people understand basic things about being safe online, and how to protect your data and privacy. I love that it’s written in a way anyone will understand. Highly recommended to also send this to your non-techie friends and family!

Pros:

Actionable tips on online security for anyone: non-techies and techies

Cons:

None

Juan Buis
Vibesuite
comprehensive, accessible guide by a great guy who knows what he's talking about
Daniël Verlaan
Watch Your Hack
Maker
@juanbuis Thanks for the kinds words Juan!
Liam F. Tjoa
Hunter

Brilliant product I've been using in Dutch (https://laatjeniethackmaken.nl) for family and friends. Good to see it's also available in English now!

Pros:

Easy to use and share

Cons:

None

Heini van Bergen

Very thorough guide for non-tech people to use the internet in a safer way. Already received a lot of praise in the dutch community where it was published first

Pros:

Created by an independent journalist with support from hackers.

Cons:

Only 1 driving force behind this project who also does this entirely voluntary. Should be backed by government or other public organization.

Anthony Da Mota
Very accessible and comprehensive guide! Thanks. May I ask an unrelated question? If you or a friend made it, may I ask you what technique do you use to make the noise on the 3 first images on the website? For example, this one: Do you just add a global noise or it is something else? Because I feel like the noise isn't everywhere sometimes, but it may be because of light colors (thus the noise isn't visible as it is white). (sorry for the unrelated question, I've been liking this so far!)
Daniël Verlaan
Watch Your Hack
Maker
@akdm_ Hi Anthony! Thanks for your reply. All the chapter images like the one above have a bit of noise as you can see, the website doesn't add noise. The designer (Laura Kolker) added the noise. I could choose between images with or without noise, and I found the images with noise a bit nicer.
Anthony Da Mota
@danielverlaan Thanks for your reply Daniël. Yes I know that isn't added by any CSS styling :) My question was indeed what technique did she used to add this noise, as if it's a global (white) noise or something else. But I guess I'll contact her directly! Thanks again.
Daniël Verlaan
Watch Your Hack
Maker
@akdm_ Hmm, I don't know what technique she used. You can contact Laura via Dribble! https://dribbble.com/Laurakolker
Anthony Da Mota
@danielverlaan Thanks Daniël, I've contacted her!
Metehan Korkmazel
@danielverlaan @akdm_ It looks like: Photoshop > Filters > Noise > Add Noise> between 5 to 10%
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