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Hello,
If you have been around on Deviantart for a while, then you may have encountered the 'Hacker hoax' at one point.
Here is an explanation on what the 'Hacker hoax' is.
The 'Hacker hoax' is a form of chainmail that has occurred throughout Deviantart for years. The 'Hacker hoax' will appear in the form of a Journal entry in most cases.
For those who don't know, the 'Hacker hoax' is a written warning that deviants spread out of fear. It usually goes along the lines of this:
Title: PLEASE READ AND SPREAD! HACKER ON DEVIANTART!
Content: There has been a hacker going around on Deviantart hacking into people's accounts and changing their passwords and details.
This hacker posts pornographic images and angers your watchers by telling them rude things. The only way that you can prevent yourself from being hacked is if you re-post this journal, that way the hacker will know that you know what's going on and won't hack you. Please spread this to your watchers so that they don't get hacked as well!
How this 'Hacker hoax' works.
Now, as a regular deviant you may end up reading this and worrying about the safety of your account. Then, out of fear, you end up spreading this warning, hoping that you're doing a good thing by letting your watchers know.
This is not a good thing.
This hoax creates fear and that's not good for the Deviantart community. If you wish to stop reading this now and just copy and paste the entire journal in order to repost it, then please, go ahead. However If you're still not convinced that this warning is a hoax, then continue reading.
Proof that this 'Hacker warning' is a hoax.
Hackers will not hack into your account unless they have a good reason to do so. Random hacking is very rare.
By posting a Journal containing the 'Hacker warning' on your profile, you are spreading a fearful lie. If someone were to hack into your Deviantart account, posting a journal wouldn't do anything to prevent it from happening. This hoax has been on Deviantart for years. Now despite the fact that there are cases were accounts actually do get hacked, it is not in any way relatable to this hoax.
The real way to prevent your account from being hacked.
This is how Actual hacking works:
Hacker's will use programs that will guess Many common combinations of letters and numbers to find out your password. So if you have a password like 'Carrot22', it won't take much for a real hacker to guess your password. Now here's the get-go on how to prevent yourself from being hacked: Have a complicated password. Because hackers gain access to accounts by finding their passwords through many combinations of common words and numbers, you have to make a complicated password that they will find impossible to discover.
An example of a complicated password is 'YuK2o99JjnMMms21'. Now I know that you may not be able to remember a password such as that, however you may follow a similar approach to making a complicated password and memorizing it. Notice the key requirements in a complicated password:
Multiple lower-case letters.
Multiple capital letters.
Multiple Numbers.
Around 10+ characters long.
No full words like 'carrot'.
Now that you know everything about the 'Hacker hoax', and the real way to prevent yourself from being hacked. It's time to let the world know.
The Deviantart community needs this information to help prevent the fear that is caused by this ridiculous 'Hacker hoax'.
SO NOW, please copy and paste the content from this journal, and post it in a journal of your own. Spread this information to your fellow watchers, and let them do the same. THIS IS THE ANTI-'HACKER HOAX' CAMPAIGN. Let's unite as a group and prevent this ever-lasting fear from taking advantage on the Deviantart community!
Hello,
If you have been around on Deviantart for a while, then you may have encountered the 'Hacker hoax' at one point.
Here is an explanation on what the 'Hacker hoax' is.
The 'Hacker hoax' is a form of chainmail that has occurred throughout Deviantart for years. The 'Hacker hoax' will appear in the form of a Journal entry in most cases.
For those who don't know, the 'Hacker hoax' is a written warning that deviants spread out of fear. It usually goes along the lines of this:
Title: PLEASE READ AND SPREAD! HACKER ON DEVIANTART!
Content: There has been a hacker going around on Deviantart hacking into people's accounts and changing their passwords and details.
This hacker posts pornographic images and angers your watchers by telling them rude things. The only way that you can prevent yourself from being hacked is if you re-post this journal, that way the hacker will know that you know what's going on and won't hack you. Please spread this to your watchers so that they don't get hacked as well!
How this 'Hacker hoax' works.
Now, as a regular deviant you may end up reading this and worrying about the safety of your account. Then, out of fear, you end up spreading this warning, hoping that you're doing a good thing by letting your watchers know.
This is not a good thing.
This hoax creates fear and that's not good for the Deviantart community. If you wish to stop reading this now and just copy and paste the entire journal in order to repost it, then please, go ahead. However If you're still not convinced that this warning is a hoax, then continue reading.
Proof that this 'Hacker warning' is a hoax.
Hackers will not hack into your account unless they have a good reason to do so. Random hacking is very rare.
By posting a Journal containing the 'Hacker warning' on your profile, you are spreading a fearful lie. If someone were to hack into your Deviantart account, posting a journal wouldn't do anything to prevent it from happening. This hoax has been on Deviantart for years. Now despite the fact that there are cases were accounts actually do get hacked, it is not in any way relatable to this hoax.
The real way to prevent your account from being hacked.
This is how Actual hacking works:
Hacker's will use programs that will guess Many common combinations of letters and numbers to find out your password. So if you have a password like 'Carrot22', it won't take much for a real hacker to guess your password. Now here's the get-go on how to prevent yourself from being hacked: Have a complicated password. Because hackers gain access to accounts by finding their passwords through many combinations of common words and numbers, you have to make a complicated password that they will find impossible to discover.
An example of a complicated password is 'YuK2o99JjnMMms21'. Now I know that you may not be able to remember a password such as that, however you may follow a similar approach to making a complicated password and memorizing it. Notice the key requirements in a complicated password:
Multiple lower-case letters.
Multiple capital letters.
Multiple Numbers.
Around 10+ characters long.
No full words like 'carrot'.
Now that you know everything about the 'Hacker hoax', and the real way to prevent yourself from being hacked. It's time to let the world know.
The Deviantart community needs this information to help prevent the fear that is caused by this ridiculous 'Hacker hoax'.
SO NOW, please copy and paste the content from this journal, and post it in a journal of your own. Spread this information to your fellow watchers, and let them do the same. THIS IS THE ANTI-'HACKER HOAX' CAMPAIGN. Let's unite as a group and prevent this ever-lasting fear from taking advantage on the Deviantart community!
To Neal Mohan and YT
To: YouTube CEO Neal Mohan and the People at YouTube responsible for the Anti-AdBlocker "Feature": From the Bottom of My Heart, F*ck You and the Scrawny Nag Y'all rode in on, I'd sooner Pirate YT Videos than pay You Parasites a Single Penny for Your Overpriced YouTube Premium. You allow Scam Ads, Pornographic Ads, and even Ads laced with Malware on Your Site, yet something that even the FBI says is Vital for People's Safety on the Internet is a Problem? How do We know the Anti-AdBlock isn't Malware itself? From: One of the Few YT Users with Common Sense
New Troll Alert
I highly recommend that Everyone Report and Block This User https://www.deviantart.com/devartdestroyer3000 This Guy is Harassing and Bullying Users for No Reason
Art Thief Alert
Hello, sorry for not posting on Here in a long time, but there is an Art Thief that has stolen and then altered Someone's Image Here's the Original Image: Here's the Altered Image: The Fact that the Thief altered the Sign but not the Facial Expression is just sad, but He needs to be taught a lesson that Art Theft is not cool
F-List: A Wreched Hive of Pedos and Art Thieves
Hey Guys, sorry I haven't posted in awhile, I am currently dealing with some things IRL, but what I found out just a Few Minutes Ago from my good friend MajorBlades is Too Important to leave on the Backburner There's a Site known as F-List, which has delved into a Special Kind of Evil that Good and Decent Folk will not Tolerate, they not only Steal Photos of People's OC's, they also use them in Very Disgusting Manners that I will not Talk About due to the Fact that I value My Account here, but I will say they one of them includes Pedophilia using your OC's that they mark as "Under Age" after Stealing them We need your help to Stop these Monsters, if you wish to know More, talk to MajorBlades for More Information on what's going on, but I do warn you, what he will tell you about them may Shock You, especially if F-List is using Your OC's
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FINALLY, someone said it!