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...

• @stresskiller 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), @jza 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", @felixx 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!

• @felixxx mentioned different ways how hackers work nowadays... It's more of a social engineering, besides the technical aspect of it...

• @thekittygirl 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!

• @jza mentioned the Telegram scams (bouncer bots), which are operating in Discord too... For example, when you see those accounts offering "free support" if you send them DM, or giving away some incredibly valuable AIRDROPs, etc. Stay away from those things! If it's too good to be true, it's probably a scam! One of the very clever scams can be an offer that sounds like this: "We need beta testers and will pay you $1000/week to work for us"... I didn't pay attention to something like that, but @thekittygirl reminded us all!

• 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...

• @duskobgd 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 @thekittygirl with us in the show, who was doing that for a couple of users! 🙏

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, @felixxx, @incublus, @jza, @les90, @melinda010100, @stresskiller, @stdd, and @thekittygirl! Thank you, everyone, for joining. I hope you had fun and learned something new!

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 @liotes account or visit the Liotes website... Of course, if you are not interested in it, you can sell tokens on the Hive-Engine market...

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 @felixxx, @jza, @stresskiller, and @thekittygirl, as they were sharing things and asking questions on the mic! 😃

Special thanks goes to @melinda010100 and @good-karma for providing the space for the event!

Thank you for your time.
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PS. If you have special ideas for the TOPIC (or guest) in future shows, don't hesitate to suggest them in the comment section!!! Thanks!

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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 @tibfox!	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 @hallmann!	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 @ninaeatshere, @achim03, 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 @detlev!	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 @minigunner!	Link
15	Profit Taking Planning	Link
14	Ecency/Hive Chat With @good-karma!	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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