The idea for this show was born from my recent "hack adventures" on my personal "level", but I'm glad that we did it... We didn't have a big crowd in the show, but we did have some experienced participants in the show, which helped a lot in shaping this important discussion about safety online... I have to admit that I was counting on that, as #HHHLive participants are skilled Hivians and always ready to help!
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In the show, we were talking about our experiences with hacks, malware, viruses, and other nasty things... Every single bad experience was a valuable lesson for the future, and it makes us more "scam-proof." It was interesting to hear others and their past encounters with hacks and viruses, which showed that it can happen to anyone... You can be an experienced IT user, but you can still fall into a trap of a scammer... That's why it's important to share, and to learn about new techniques that have been used nowadays... Bad actors are improving too, and those "hack" practices from the past aren't effective anymore, but some more sophisticated ones have been developed...
Let me share a few titbits about the topics and discussions that we have covered in this show... Of course, I would strongly suggest you scroll down and play the complete show recording...
At the beginning, I shared my recent events about my hosting server being hacked... How the hack happened, who got affected, and shared a few tips on how to avoid being hacked if you run your own website...
That wasn't the only example when I got hacked, and I have shared the story that happened 20 years ago, while I was using Windows as my operating system... Despite having a firewall and antivirus software, I got hacked! What was the damage? I explained in the show...
was the first one to share his experience with hacks... He got his website hacked in 2002, when in those days the "deface" was the most popular type of hack... A hacker would change your website's look and show a completely different page, usually with a scam link to some other place...
Somewhere around the same time (or maybe a bit later),
was also active in the IT world... As Windows had many security issues, with a lot of users being infected by worms, viruses, and a slow system in general, he was one of the Linux ambassadors in those days, promoting a better solution... Btw. I was one of those who changed from Windows to Linux after my personal machine got hacked!
As we were in the "good old days",
reminded us about how it was done (and still is) in the past... When you have a Windows computer for more than a few months, it will be full of worms and viruses... In those days, you would pull out your "system image" CD from the drawer, and restore your original OS installation with your pre-installed software... Clean start!
mentioned different ways how hackers work nowadays... It's more of a social engineering, besides the technical aspect of it...
bounced us back to HIVE, writing in the chat about storing keys on Google Drive, or in your email messages... Those ARE NOT good practices and you should AVOID doing that!
Another good tip was to always DOUBLE CHECK THE ADDRESS before sending some funds (or delegations) to another account... You can misspell the username, and your money is gone! Speaking of misspelling, there are tons of scammers on the Internet using names SIMILAR to some popular influencers, trying to scam people...
wasn't in the show, and he couldn't join us in voice, but he sent a message in the chat during the show with one very important question and a topic!
The topic is interesting, and if I were there, I would raise a question related to the Recovery account, because I've been thinking about it for some time. Maybe someone asks the same thing, so I'll listen to the video 🙂
- Thanks to his suggestion, we spent a nice chunk of time trying to dive deep into the Recovery account procedure, how it works, for what it serves, etc. As it's not something that people are doing often, we were lucky to have
Official place with a recovery procedure explained: https://developers.hive.io/tutorials-python/account_recovery.html
- As we were over 1 hour in the show, it was time to wrap it up with a few tips on how to keep your HIVE/HBD safe, or to get a bit more time to recover your account before a hacker can steal your funds... Powering up your HIVE is giving you plenty of time before it gets unstaked and available for transfer... IN the same way, putting your HBD (or HIVE) in SAVINGS will give you at least 3 days to sort out your account keys...
Don't forget to check out the show recording below!
We had 9 participants (including me) in the show this week!!! Hopefully, we attract more people to the next shows... Having crypto in the sideways markets doesn't help with engagement! 😃 Thanks for participating, 
Of course, we had a usual after-show where we continued the discussion about HIVE, but also got into some other topics thanks to people who joined in that part! I didn't record that, so if you are curious to hear how it looks, come to the next show! 🙂
Thank you, guys and girls, once again! As a sign of appreciation, I will send some LEN tokens to all participants of the live show! You can pair them with LENM tokens, add liquidity to the diesel pool, and earn rewards! If you want to learn more about the project behind it, check out the 
To encourage more people to come on the mic, I usually send additional ECENCY points for those sharing things in voice... This week, 100 POINTS goes to
Special thanks goes to 
Thank you for your time.
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Check out these links to the previous shows:
| Episode Number | Title | Link |
|---|---|---|
| SE17 | Hive Engine Tokens, Supporting Projects, Upvoting Routines, etc. | Link |
| 47 | Talk About Hive-Summit 2025 With @Detlev! | Link |
| 46 | Chill Out Time With @AlessandraWhite, CWH Founder! | Link |
| SE16 | Altcoin Season: Yes, or No? New Hive Curation Tool, Crypto Adoption, etc. | Link |
| 45 | Retention, Can We Do Better? | Link |
| 44 | Huge KE Ratio and Hive Power Discussion! | Link |
| 43 | Impressions of #HCDGraz! | Link |
| 42 | Consuming Content on Hive | Link |
| 41 | TopComment Project! How does it work? Talk with @FriendlyMoose | Link |
| SE14 | VSC Network, Ecency Multiple Rewarder, Hive Talks... | Link |
| 40 | How Do You Identify Yourself on HIVE? | Link |
| SE13 | HIVE Rewards in Future, Dev talk, HBD Savings, and More | Link |
| 39 | Apis Hive! What Is It, and How Does It Work? Talk with @LivingUKTaiwan | Link |
| 38 | Curation, Post Value, Dust, Gaming, etc. | Link |
| 37 | Hive and Crypto Plans For 2025 and Beyond! | Link |
| 36 | Hive Creator Days, Graz, AT, and Hive Meetups talk with  ! | Link |
| SE12 | Why HIVE Pumped? 3Speak or YouTube? SEO Talk and more | Link |
| SE11 | Pump and Dump Discussion, Hive is an Opportunity Creator, etc. | Link |
| 35 | (Im)Balance Between Crypto and Fiat | Link |
| SE10 | ValuePlan Discussion, Funding Startups, Games on Hive, etc. | Link |
| 34 | The Magical Kingdom! Talk with  ! | Link |
| 33 | How Do YOU Vote For Hive Witnesses? | Link |
| 32 | To Delegate HivePower or Not? | Link |
| SE09 | 3Speak issues and Discussion, Gambling Apps on Hive, Taxes, etc. | Link |
| 31 | Quiz Time!!! - HHHLive 1st Anniversary | Link |
| 30 | How HIVE Changes Lives | Link |
| 29 | HiveFest9, Impressions by  ,  , and others | Link |
| 28 | How Do We Spend Our Crypto? | Link |
| SE08 | The Gang is Back, Breaking the Limits | Link |
| SE07 | Ecency Waves, HivePower, Splinterlands, HiveFest, LPs, and more! | Link |
| 27 | How Hive Proposals Work? | Link |
| 26 | Content Creation Experiences | Link |
| SE06 | Education, Traveling Ecency Spoilers, Hive elephants... | Link |
| 25 | Why Did the Hive Price Drop? | Link |
| 24 | What Do We Expect From Hive and Crypto! | Link |
| 23 | Aachen Meetup and WorldMapPin Talk With  ! | Link |
| SE05 | Usernames Origins, Age, Early Retirement, Crypto Portfolio, and more... | Link |
| 22 | Helping Hive to Thrive | Link |
| 21 | Make Yourself Uncomfortable (on Hive!) | Link |
| 20 | First Excursions Out of the Comfort Zone | Link |
| SE04 | BuzzParty Impressions, Weekly Recap, Bonfire | Link |
| 19 | Ways To Buy/Sell Hive! | Link |
| SE03 | Foods, Crypto Research, Education, Predictions | Link |
| 18 | Best Tools For Content Creation | Link |
| 17 | Consistency and Adding Value | Link |
| SE02 | After Show Show | Link |
| 16 | CBRS Philanthropy Chat With  ! | Link |
| 15 | Profit Taking Planning | Link |
| 14 | Ecency/Hive Chat With ! | Link |
| SE01 | Relaxed "Exclusive" Session | Link |
| 13 | Writer's Block and How To Overcome It | Link |
| 12 | Hive-Engine Tokens | Link |
| 11 | Hive Guidelines for Newbies | Link |
| 10 | NY Resolutions and Creating Hive Goals | Link |
| 9 | How Was Your (HIVE) 2023? | Link |
| 8 | Presenta tu comunidad - ES/EN Show! - Part 2 | Link |
| 7 | Present Your Community - Part 1 | Link |
| 6 | How to Start on Hive? | Link |
| 5 | Do You Upvote Quality Posts? | Link |
| 4 | Genuine? Authentic? To be or not to be? | Link |
| 3 | Hive Power, HP Delegation, HivePUD... | Link |
| 2 | Hive Meetups, HiveFest, HiveBeeCon | Link |
| 1 | Pilot Episode (Aired 2023-10-18) - The Vision | Link |
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