Advice Needed

mad1

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Good afternoon All

I'm seeking advice, will explain the situation that I find myself in.

My stepson is 18 years old, he has completed the Zenos academy and passed well, gaining his Microsoft Qualifications etc.

He is extremely good when it comes to pc,laptop, mobiles etc, the problem I'm having in the home is that he constantly hacks my Wifes laptop, needs no passwords for anything she is registered to, Facebook her own email account are the main to things. Give you an example of what he can do, while in school a few years ago, well when he was 13 he hacked into the Hampshire system through the PC suite in his school, purely to change his screen saver, he had to make himself the administrator, it took the school over 6 months to find this out, obviously he was reprimanded for this and the police paid him a visit at home.

As Ive mentioned he is constantly hacking my wifes laptop etc etc, I have bought an Applemac as these are much harder to hack, so I'm told, my question to anyone out there who can give good sound advice is, How do I try and stop this happening, I also want to have control over our own internet of which he controls, with passwords etc, its driving me insane and grinding my wife down.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated
 
Welcome to the boards!

This doesn't sound like a computing issue to me, more like a discipline problem. He needs to be told why his actions are unacceptable and then punitive measures put in place if he does not change. He's 18, he should be able to respect other people's wishes - especially if they are housing and feeding him.

Easy to say, though. :D

Good luck.
 
Call the police and tell them you believe is he planning a hack attack on the UK's nuclear systems, shortly after he'll disappear into a black whole never to be seen again.
Problem solved.
Alternatively give the little scrote a slap.
 
Morba said:
Learn to discipline your children.
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This, tbh. No "hacking" is taking place here, it's almost certainly just a case of your wife having left an account logged in on her laptop and your stepson having serious discipline issues.

mad1 said:
I have bought a Mac as these are much harder to hack, so I'm told...
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Buying expensive stuff when you have no idea what the problem is in the first place... sure, that'll work.
 
well cheers for that, glad you have all given me a lesson in how to discipline a child, obviously this is the wrong place to get advice. like him this is full of morons, nice one
 
Get him to focus his energy into something productive, as someone said a Raspberry Pi would be a good start. He is obviously interested and good at computers so why not try and help him expand his abilities in a more constructive manner which will help him build a foundation for a job/future.

Windows passwords are not really worth using for anyone with a little knowledge of how to get round things like that and unless you have a good understanding of computers yourself anything you try he is likely to figure out unless you physically remove the hardware.

Apart from trying to point him in a better direction for his computer use it sounds like you need to have a sit down and tell him what's acceptable and what is not.
 
Welcome!

Sadly, you've posted in possibly the worst place for advice... as you may already have noticed! :p

I don't have anything to add, I'm afraid, but it does sound like a crappy situation. Sorry.
 
mad1 said:
well cheers for that, glad you have all given me a lesson in how to discipline a child, obviously this is the wrong place to get advice. like him this is full of morons, nice one
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Well at the end of the day it is a discipline issue, you can do all you like to stop him but you shouldn't have to.
It should be a case of stop doing it because it's wrong and he should stop.
Either way we can't help with the technical points until you answer the questions on what and how he's actually doing it.
And he's not a child, although he may be acting like one.
 
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