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EP 02
SEASON 1
A HAMCODES COMIC
NETIZEN
NETIZEN
THE BACKCHANNEL
One password. Every door.
BORROWED
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EP02 Borrowed, as text
Every word in the episode, page by page. Image descriptions are in the comic itself.
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NETIZEN
NETIZEN
THE BACKCHANNEL
EPISODE 2: BORROWED
PREVIOUSLY
Bille typed his real password into a prize page. The crew
helped him secure his account. Then a member of the group
with no name wrote: good. now you know what he can do.
When you reach YOUR CALL, decide before you turn the page.
Season 1: WHO ADDED US
Juni · Jawu · Bille · Sudde
Created by Hamcodes
netizen.hamcodes.com
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On screen: juni
Chat, juni: you free
Chat, juni: need something
Chat, juni: quick one
Caption: Juni had not touched his phone in twenty minutes.
Sound: bzz
Caption: Three days earlier.
Caption: Juni labels his cables.
Juni: Better.
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On screen: RiverGlassTuesdayNine
On screen: Jawu, Bille, Sudde +1
Chat, bille: bet you use the same one everywhere
Chat, juni: its a strong password
Chat, bille: thats not what i asked
Time: Saturday.
Jawu: Dad's shop. Free biscuits if you act like customers.
Bille: I am a customer. I have one coin.
On screen: PixelPatch: 2.4 million accounts leaked. Your email was in this breach.
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Sudde: That's the site you used for everything.
Sudde: Isn't it.
Sudde: And your email?
Juni: That too. It resets Chat. Most of the others.
Bille: One password. Every door.
Bille: How many doors?
Juni: Forty-one.
Bille: FORTY-ONE?
Jawu: I have four. One is a game.
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Caption: Forty minutes.
On screen: 1 Aardvark Quiz ✓ 2 Art Club ✓ 3 Bakery Rewards ✓ ... 6 Bike Club ✓
On screen: 9 Chat ... 23 Mail (resets other accounts)
Caption: Six done. In alphabetical order.
Juni: Tomorrow.
On screen: Chat password changed · Sunday 15:10
Caption: Sunday. Fourteen done.
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Time: Monday, 03:12.
Sound: bzz
On screen: MAIL SECURITY New sign-in. 03:12. Device not recognised.
Caption: He slept until seven.
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Time: Monday.
Bille: You changed them all?
Juni: Fourteen. Changed Chat yesterday. Rest tonight.
Sudde: Did you do your email first?
Juni: It's under M.
Sound: bzz
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On screen: juni
Chat, juni: whats the door code for your dads shop
Chat, juni: you said your bag was still there ill grab it for you
Your call: Would you send it?
On screen: YOUR CALL
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Chat, jawu: yeah one sec its
Jawu: Did you send this?
Juni: No.
Jawu: Then who is that?
On screen: Chat password changed · Sun 15:10 / Mail sign-in · Mon 03:12 / Chat reset through Mail · Mon 03:14
Juni: They got into Mail. Then reset Chat after I changed it.
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On screen: jawu: left my pe bag at dads shop again
Sudde: He knew about your bag.
Jawu: I said it in the group. Saturday.
Bille: He reads our chat.
Juni: He reads my chat. Through me.
Jawu: I have to tell my dad.
Jawu: Dad? Change the shop door code. Someone used Juni's account to ask me for it.
Dad (phone): Did you send it?
Jawu: No. I nearly did.
Bille: Emergency biscuit.
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Juni: Mail had the same password.
Sudde: Then Mail first. It can reset all the others.
Juni: Then a different password for every door.
On screen: Mail: new password ✓
On screen: Two-step verification: ON
On screen: Chat: new password ✓
On screen: 3 unknown devices signed out
Chat, juni: my account was used if i ask for anything call me
Bille: Eleven minutes. Both big ones.
Jawu: Now the other thirty-nine.
Juni: Tonight. All of them.
Juni: It wasn't my password that let him in. It was the one I left for tomorrow.
Bille (phone): Say it louder.
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Jawu: Different password for every door.
Bille: Says the girl with four.
Jawu: Four different ones now.
Sound: BZZT
On screen: Juni, Bille, Sudde +1
Chat, no name: you got faster. good.
Chat, no name: she has been the easy one all along
On screen: Photo taken: 2 years ago
Next: Jawu finds out how long she has been readable.
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WHAT DO YOU DO NEXT?
JUNI WOULD HAVE PICKED B.
ALPHABETICALLY.
11:00
1.
An old site you once used leaks its passwords. What do you change first?
A
The leaked site, then wait and see.
B
Every account, in alphabetical order.
C
Your email first, then every account that used the same password, with two-step on.
2.
A friend's account asks you for something private, like a door code or your address.
What do you do?
A
Send it. It's their account.
B
Ask them in the same chat.
C
Check with them another way you already trust: call, or ask in person.
AND: look at Juni's password on page 4. Was it a bad password?
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Show answers
Both answers are C. Your email can reset your other passwords, so it goes first. Then change every account that
shared the leaked password,
turn on two-step verification and sign out devices you don't know. A different password for every account means one
leak opens one door. A password manager can remember them.
A chat that asks for something private can't vouch for itself. Check another way. If your account was used, tell your
contacts.
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NETIZEN
NETIZEN
THE BACKCHANNEL
Season 1: WHO ADDED US
Juni
Jawu
Bille
Sudde
01 FREE MONEY
A prize opens a door.
02 BORROWED
One password opens too many.
03 RECEIPTS
Who else is in your picture?
04 ONE MORE
He was only going to check one timestamp.
NEXT: RECEIPTS. Who else is in your picture?
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NETIZEN
NETIZEN
THE BACKCHANNEL
Juni does everything properly. A strong password. A tidy
desk. Labelled cables. He just changes his passwords in
alphabetical order. Then, at 03:12, something signs in while
he sleeps.
A different password for every account. When one leaks, change your email
first.
Created by Hamcodes
Season 1: WHO ADDED US
netizen.hamcodes.com
NETIZEN: THE BACKCHANNEL · EPISODE 2 · BORROWED
End of EP02
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