About

Hi, I'm KismetDev !

I'm a self-taught 18 year old programmer from Germany. Some facts about me:

  • I mainly code in Python, Js, and Go, but I also use HTML, CSS, C/C++ and MySQL.
  • I like to code Tools, Websites, and other stuff.
  • I also use Linux as often as I can and I'm waiting for the day I can finally switch to it completely. (I use arch btw)
  • More often than coding, I like to "hack" stuff.

What follows now is more a rant than personal information, so feel free to skip this part:


The term "hacking" and it's meaning (to me)

To me, hacking is way more than the malicious aspects often pointed out by the media.

After reading "Public Record" by Edward Snowden, I realized that hacking is a way to fight against the system, so here is one of my favorite quotes from the book:

“hacking isn’t just native to computing—it exists wherever rules do. To hack a system requires getting to know its rules better than the people who created it or are running it, and exploiting all the vulnerable distance between how those people had intended the system to work and how it actually works, or could be made to work. In capitalizing on these unintentional uses, hackers aren’t breaking the rules as much as debunking them.”

- Edward Snowden

Hacking to me, is trying to find not-seen-before ways around, or into a system. And that system can range from a computer to a government.

To be clear, I have no interest in overthrowing my current government nor hacking into their infrastructure (at least not currently 😉).

But I do like to find ways to break into systems, and I like to find ways to make my life easier.

And that's why I like to hack stuff.

Privacy and other non-existent things

“Privacy is dead”

- Thousands of people

You have probably heard that quote before, and I have to agree with it, at least to some extent.

Privacy is not fully dead, it's just not as easy to achieve as it used to be.

Seeing as I was born in the 21. century, and grew up with all thing's technology, I can't really comment on the "used to be" part, although I have an Idea of how it once was.

I like to have my Privacy, especially online.

Having been in the OSINT-Community for some time, I know how easy it is to find (a lot of) information on somebody, just through some simple searches.

Of course this is mostly the individual's fault, exposing every part of their life on the internet, but it doesn't help that big companies like Facebook (Meta) or Google make it their goal to collect and store as much personal information as possible.

It has reached a point where every service, if not open source, is collecting information and potentially selling it.

I try my best to avoid those, and tend to self-host my own alternative if possible.

Of course this is not possible for everyone, but I would like people to be more aware of what they are sharing and how much of that can be used to make you personally identifiable.

Only using Open-Source-Software and only paying with cold hard cash or Monero is pretty much impossible for the average person, and probably will continue to be for a long time.

This is the (sad) reality we live in, but at least there are some things you can still do to improve your privacy.

For Privacy information while browsing this website check out the home tab.

A good Video (and Youtuber) to watch for these kinds of topics.

Finally back to personal stuff:

Notable "hacks"

I won't go into detail about every "hack" I have ever done here, but I will talk about my first "irl" hack.

I met (my now friend) Kevin at a local "HackDay".

He was building a real-time public transport monitor, that would show people in real time when a bus arrives.

During the HackDays, he was working on a dashboard to control the monitor remotely.

He used WordPress for this, which a seasoned hacker would know could possibly be an "easy" target to hack.

After some (boring) dos attacks via xmlrpc and the like, I found a public log file exposing the Database login every time it ran into an error.

Kevin changed the default PhpMyAdmin page though, so after reassuring that the PhpMyAdmin page couldn't be hacked, he reluctantly gave me the link - a fatal mistake.

After logging in and finding his hashing algorithm, I decided to simply switch his password with mine.

Kevin was (understandably) enraged and confused as to how I had full access to his Dashboard and Database.

(Note: I had his consent to hack him 😎)

In the end, he was happy I found the vulnerability(s), and fixed them all rather quickly.

I was pretty disappointed that I was the only one actually "hacking" at the hackdays, but it was still a fun experience.

The name

There really isn't that much to it, other than that it means fate or destiny, which I liked.

(And convienently there is a "hacking" tool with the same name)

Interests


Skills

Coding
Other
Tools, etc..

Contact

You can send me an Email at [email protected], and PGP Encrypt if needed.