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This website allows you to pretend to hack like they do in Hollywood

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We all know how computer hackers flex their 1337 skills in movies: by flailing on a keyboard like it was a bongo and yelling whatever snippets of jargon pop into the actors’ heads (i.e. “USB! Byte! Floppy! 56K!”).

https://gizmodo.com/the-10-goofiest-computer-hacking-scenes-in-cinema-histo-5643388

Now thanks to the website Hacker Typer, you too can hack like they do at the multiplex! Just pound away on your keyboard and, presto, hacking! Put on some Crystal Method and pretend it’s 1997! Netscape is for sissies!

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