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can a hacker hack my accounts remotely??
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this post was submitted on 08 Nov 2023
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It somewhat depends on what kind of accounts you mean, and how you define hacking. It's possible, but here's the bigger explanation.
Someone who works at Facebook(just an example, could be any company) with the appropriate access could probably look up your account data without using your password or installing a virus. This could be done for legitimate support reasons, or be considered hacking if it's done against policy.
Someone who hacks a company that you have an account with could potentially get access to the same information again without touching your password or computer. These big leaks happen all the time, they're the ones you hear about on the news, though they usually don't get full access to everything. They do not usually get the actual passwords for individual accounts, but could get information like name, birthday, credit card, activity, etc.
There's also a form of hacking called a Man in the Middle attack, where someone will set up a compromised internet connection (usually wifi) that you then connect to thinking it's fine. This system can then detect your device connecting to certain companies (again I will use facebook as an example) and will instead take the authentication piece your phone sends, and itself send the data to facebook, then get the authorization token from facebook, and send you a fake one. Then it sits in the middle and everything you do it passes on, so it looks like it's working fine, but it can also send it's own requests.
so do i strengthen my browser and delete the cookies every now and then??
That wouldn’t protect from any of the issues mentioned in that comment.
The first two you can do nothing to prevent.
You can usually avoid MITM attacks by using a VPN anytime you are away from a trusted internet connection.
Also by using HTTPS everywhere and not clicking through warnings about a certificate being invalid.
yes!! that option is ~enabled ~ on my browser!!
HTTPS isn't secure against MITM attacks. That's one of the reasons why it's so nefarious.