Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2020 April 27

= April 27 =

python/tk book
If you learned from a book to use Tk in Python, which one? —Tamfang (talk) 02:43, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I couldn't find a book I liked, so I stuck with the official documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/library/tk.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.82.165.112 (talk) 11:36, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Wow, that doc is much better than the old official doc. It used to be very incomplete.  This is old but I liked it.  Also try the obvious web searches. 2602:24A:DE47:B270:A096:24F4:F986:C62A (talk) 16:54, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

Unblock my Facebook account
Hi!

My Facebook account got disabled and a hacker asked me my linked email address and my password to unlock it. Should I trust him? It seems to be no other way to unblock it. Thanks for your help. 1.52.126.195 (talk) 11:57, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
 * No, you shouldn't give your password to anyone. Darylgolden(talk) Ping when replying 12:04, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Have you logged in to your Facebook account to make sure it really was disabled? A lot of "hackers" would just lie about having disabled an account because it'd work just often enough to make it worthwhile. Ian.thomson (talk) 12:19, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
 * If a your Facebook account is truly disabled, only Facebook can help you. The most a hacker could do is interact for Facebook for you which may be aided by social engineering but not real hacking and in any case they're most likely to steal your account if they succeed. BTW to be clear Facebook can and does help people with locked accounts although they may ask for a lot of evidence and take quite a long time. (In cases where Facebook will never "unblock" your account, then a hacker cannot do anything.) Nil Einne (talk) 00:45, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
 * P.S. And yes my comments do ignore the possibility that the 'hacker' has truly penetrated Facebook's internal systems and so is able to unblock people themselves. I think the chance is so low, especially since anyone who has succeeded is unlikely to be offering the service to some random person in your situation, that it isn't worth considering. Even the far more likely case of someone who isn't a hacker but works at high enough level at Facebook that they're able to do this without raising question still has almost no chance of arising here. In case my first answer was too obtuse, what I was saying is you should ask Facebook to unlock your account. I don't know why you believe "no other way to unblock it" but Facebook is the only one who is likely able to unlock your account, not random "hackers". If you've tried Facebook and they refuse to help no matter what evidence you offer etc, then there is little chance anyone else will be able to unlock it. So it's still not a case of "no other way" but rather one of "no way". Nil Einne (talk) 04:48, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I am also curious about how his "pet hacker" caught wind that the account was disabled. This is a status not apparent from the outside, you'd have to log into an account to know it is disabled. So the OP must have posted publicly or otherwise leaked this fact for a "hacker" to find out. It is a very curious situation and I am curious why the OP hasn't been back to engage further with us. Elizium23 (talk) 05:04, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Since I don't think the OP is going to respond, it's worth consider that it may not be that the hacker contacted the OP first. There are "hackers" out there you can find on the dark web or similar, who promise help you with various things if you go looking. Mostly I except people go around looking for these for stuff like "hacking" into their some partner's account to find out if they are cheating and stuff like that but I guess someone who is extremely confused and has came across this sort of thing before may have tried to contact a hacker. There is a slight possibility the hacker is the one who blocked the account. While this seems unlikely due to the fact that they asked for the OP's password which they wouldn't need if they'd already access it and "disabled" it in some way, it could be their social engineering way of trying to convince the OP they're not involved. Nil Einne (talk) 06:46, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I am less curious about Facebook than I am curious about your "pet hacker". How did you come to be in communication with such an unscrupulous individual? Is he the one who told you that your Facebook account is disabled, or did you learn about it direct from Facebook? How do you know that this person is a hacker? Has he shown you his portfolio of systems penetrated? What color hat does he wear? Is he a script kiddie or a seasoned professional? Does he live in Russia, Iran, North Korea? Are you communicating over e-mail or IM? So curious! Elizium23 (talk) 02:33, 28 April 2020 (UTC)