Tour of A Hacker's Backpack (My EDC) 

He missed a golden opportunity to call this a hackpack

If someone stole his backpack they would be so confused.

I've never watched a video this intently without skipping even one second. Amazing setup.

This is actually the only "hacker tech bag" that actually looks smells and feels like a hacking tech bag, i salute you, my fellow man of culture !

The most important piece of hardware is the "yes-no" coin. Can use it to make all kinds of decisions.

"Anywhere there's a window there's a white board" 😳 I like the way this guy thinks

To be honest, this is the most genuine what's in my back pack video, I believed he actually uses almost all items in there compare to some other sponsor shit. Great work!!

Interesting. I shall study up and return when I can understand a single word of this.

I’m so interested and have no idea what he’s talking about

Before he had a girlfriend, all he had was an empty bag... and an oscilloscope. heh.

I'm not even professionally involved with any security-type stuff anymore, but I LOVED this video. I would love seeing you go through various pieces of gear, and demonstrating use cases and basic-through-advanced applications for each tool presented. You have a surprisingly professional presence on screen, and you project a certain degree of authority through obvious competence and knowledge. If you were to expand your channel and dive deeper into hacking using your tools, I would be a regular viewer. It's not just the subject matter that captured my attention while watching this video, but your level of comfort and familiarity with each tool and its use. Not to mention, your general videography skills were more than one might expect for a small channel. You have quite a lot of potential here, with the added benefit of being able to educate people on your field, and the value of your profession.

This has got to be the most down to earth, to the point video that I have ever seen on this subject and I dig it. Great explanations on everything.

It's the kit I pretty much dreamt of when I was about 20 and learning the ropes on becoming a IT professional. 20 odd years later and with a Masters Degree in Computer Science, with a few modules focused on Cyber Security, I'm still fascinated by the gear that goes into a Hackers tool box and subtly reminded how dedicated they are on keeping skills fresh and gear impressively up-to-date.

The title is just short for "I'ma flex on you kids. Thanks for the support"

Your kit is so similar to mine man. Even the personal nuances like your journal. Ive been using the travelers journal because you can change out to dots and squares for tech scribbles. I also wholeheartedly agree that that mouse is best mouse to ever be created.

on the note of soldering irons, you can get handheld self contained gas powered versions with a crazy about of tips (from hot cutting tips to the creative wood burning stuff) and they work really well! i found my electric iron wouldn't heat enough to consistently melt solder when outside if it was pretty cold, so not only did it fix the cold issue, but meant i don't need to worry about packing cables. As a cherry on top it added a crap ton of extra tools to my toolbox with all the tips available, while still taking up less space than a wall powered iron when counting the cable as well. mine is by the dremel brand but there are way more out there.

He’s playing watchdogs irl

20 years ago when I first started in IT I carried a lot of stuff. Spare parts, tools, cd case, lots of electronic bits (caps, resistors, full solder kit) but now I carry a few USB flash drives, an ifixit kit, and a smartphone XD

Awesome! I really like that how he is graceful and credits his family and his gf.

Cats and cybersecurity and Cole is great 😍. Seriously considering switching to this career path. Thx!

Wouldn't invite this guy over my house.

"You never know when you'll need to plug in to ethernet and this is really compact" *glances at the pair of 10 ft Cat6A ethernet cables in my bag*

The Hak5 bag is really what I’m here for. I need that! Thank you for this content

I recommend ventoy. It's a multi boot util that allows you to store multiple ISOs on one drive. I have 25gb of ISOs on my USB disk and I love it.

I appreciate all the pen-shaped object twirls

it's like a bag full of former birthday gifts ;-)

very informative and its very impressive that you learned and are able to remember how to use all these gadgets.

"Here are my lockpicking tools" (while fumbling trying to untie the bag). LOL. Good video.

Why does this feel more practical and realistic than other youtuber’s “techbag”

That Phillips bit is a "No. 1.5", halfway between a 1 and a 2. I love it also. The bit expansion kits you can buy include normal size No.1 and 2 bits, which while I carry in the pouch, I rarely find need of them. As you said, the 1.5 works for almost everything.

Two things, I love how you wrap your laptop cord. Also, I wouldn’t really worry about getting a spooling Ethernet cable. I literally just cary a short 2 foot run of cat 6 a.

The special companion is a good friend. Thank's for sharing!

One of the better mobile kits I've seen lately. I'm a little more picky about laptop hardware, but the mainstream OEM makes your triple boot less of a headache and more flexible. Nice work.

The indisputable most Important part of this edc is the cat

Damn! I feel like I just watched an episode of “It takes a thief”! Cloning security cards, lock picking tools, fake USB’s you leave in a parking lot so someone can pickup so you can monitor their key strokes…

I like that you carry a Spyderco. Granted, everyone and their grandmother does, but they're still great knives and they're made in my home town

Him: “Chunky boi” Me: “hey that’s not very ni-......oh he’s talking about his cat”

Thanks for sharing, it was great that you spent the time to elaborate what the different devices could be used for. The Ogio bags are cool, that one was definitely well used.

More of a "work bag" than an EDC, but fascinating nonetheless! I'm a programmer by trade but know almost fuck all about the hacking process. I find many "professionals" on the subject to be extremely pretentious and arrogant, but this was so honest and straight forward! Earned a sub.

I like those "Do not remove" stickers. very clever

In my country you’re walking with US$ 50k+ worth of gear on that backpack.

I’ve been through a lot of different multitools, but I must say that Leatherman is the best for me (it isn’t for everyone). I own the Wave and the Surge models and the both fit so well for my everyday use.

My favorite thing in my bag, Zalman ZM-VE350, external enclosure with the ability to pick an image from the small screen on the device and it emulates it on device. I boot and flash computers from it, life saver for me

Shout out to the 7 seasons of Buffy in the background. This video makes me wish that I was smart enough to be a hacker. Great video!

Fellow cyber security professional here nice to see your kit, actual useful kit too not just some arse playing hackerman. 10 years in and after learning that heavy gear just breaks backpacks and my back, I pack for the job these days. Just like your organiser bags, I use bubm packing cubes and canvas zippable toolbags to split my kit appropriately. Agreed on the Ethernet cable, moving to extendable cables and straight through couplers was game changing, beats untangling a mess of 3m patch cables at the bottom of your bag. Oooh that oscilloscope looks interesting. Tip on the camera front, that is a beautiful camera you have there, but consider picking up something like a canon powershot superzoom compact. I used to rock an SLR on jobs but it was hardly covert. The powershot however is just as at home long lensing the WiFi password through an office window from 300 metres away or discretely palmed in your hand used to video at a high frame rate an office entrance on a walk by for later frame by frame review. Oh and the shark jack... I absolutely love using mine just for bypassing DLP. Mine runs a fairly simple payload, just runs up a dhcp server, SMB, NFS, ftp, http (with PHP upload script). Plug it into a host and use the "Captive portal/hotspot" option for bypassing enforced VPN connections. Bam you've got access to all the tools you need and can get your screenshots off of the target rig for evidence. :)

Carrying a film camera is such a nice easy of disconnecting from everything else 🙌🏽 I’m always carrying my Nikon F3 with me with a 50mm pancake lens and it really gets the creative juices going

I love the wealth of information....Lmao....a lot flew over my head, but I do love the detail you go through. I might have to watch several times, but I do love your content!

100% with you on the MX Master. i've got like 3 of them - so good.

Afraid to even comment because I'm scared he'll hack me🤣

Hey Cole! One of my patreon supporters linked me to your page!! Thank you so much for the shoutout on the wifi pineapple (and I totally remember signing that!!!). Hope you're well! :D

Fantastic kit! For my own purposes I would maybe add a Tails boot drive, a USB-UART bridge and a couple ESP32 boards, but I don't know if you would need that

amazing setup loved it

And this is why you always use a VPN and never plug anyone’s random ass cable into your phone

Full of useful stuff. I had to split my kits up based on tasks, but the daily (also an Ogio) has a lot of this stuff in it. I would caution anyone out there who doesn't have at least a business card for a pen-testing outfit on you at all times: in several states your picks could be confiscated, and you could be charged with possession of burglary tools if you just roll around with them on you. I prefer the Sparrow tuxedo set. I really like the gear in his HAk5 pouch.

This advice is mostly about weight reduction rather than improvements in functionality, but I'd recommend a pinecil over a ts100 for the usb-c port (while still taking dc5525) and anker's got a 65w usb charger that's really small for the output, though it is a wall wart style power supply. aside from that, a small 3 outlet powerstrip and a 3-2 prong adapter, i guess. nothing really game changing.

Hell Yeah, a well worn backpack! Great video!

Great EDC! Thank you for the quick, easy explanations. Very well spoken

That is a cool set up, I love the Dooms Day Device idea, I might have to make one, and I'm super jealous you got Daren and Snubs' autographs! :) Be safe out there my friend!

I carry a 3ft endoscope, had a ton of uses with it so far, it's a usb-c/hdmi plugs into my palmtop/cell/5 inch portable monitor, oh and I carry a 5 in monitor, pics up on satellite, coaxial, hdmi,Bluetooth

The only extra thing i would add is a strong neodymium magnet. They are incredibly handy to bypass electronic keypads (to open doores or even some safes).

I see you're a very social guy And I really like your hacking kit, it's everything a hacker would need and more!

Where did you come from and how did you wind up in my recommendations? I'm subbing to see what else happens

of all those items, i think that wood pen was the coolest piece in there

the crazy thing is that I either own these things or I have thought about buying them at some point. Super cool to see that, great minds think alike!

Being the son of a Spyderco collector, I was pleasantly surprised to see a Spyderco in this video. I never leave the house without my Paramilitary 2, 10/10.

I also recommend the Logitech MX Anywhere (or Anywhere 2) over the full-size MX master. Primarily because the battery life on the master SUCKS and you will need to charge it constantly. The MX Anywhere is also smaller and features the same flickable weighted scrollwheel, not to mention cheaper.

Great. Thank You for taking the time to make this video.

This video was helpful we need more content like this

eveyone making jokes but i dont see anyone about how heavy this shit is bro holy goddamn shit

Yo this is so cool thank you so much for making this video!

Absolutely great video

This guy made me feel like Ocean's Eleven + Edgerunners ft. Johny Mnemonic mood. I'd probably never use any of the items correctly, but it would be fun as hell to see people's faces in my favorite Starbucks while I'm jacked to the coffee machine

Interesting and informative tour, thank you!

Ok. The conclusion at the end of this video is that your girlfriend has a very nice touch for gifts hahaha

You should ABSOLUTELY do more videos!

wtf is going on here, hackers backpack and I'm seeing 2 stabbing knifes

I'm a programmer and I'm surprised at how much of the same/similar stuff I own. Granted its not EDC. Tools, cables, electronics, etc.. all have their own spot in my desk/closet/toolbox.

That was dope dude

Interested on how to do this as a job possibly. Looks really facinating!!!!

Loved your edc. It really shows that what you showed is real edc due to the wear and tear especially the broken backpack and phone. Not some guy showcasing a supposed edc where everything is brand new...

This is an awesome video. I certainly can't pretend I'm a hacker at this point, but I'm working towards those skill sets. My EDC is just a pistol and my laptop, really. Not even a skiddie!

This is so trippy. Literally got my OnePlus McLaren edition (but 6T), OnePlus buds and Invicta watch on me right now...

Bro I felt like I had a strange backyard but we have the same items!! Love your video

If this dude took off the white hat and put on the black hat, he could seriously cause some serious chaos.

And here I am, 17 years, no girlfriend and I dream of having tools like these 😂! Awesome stuff u got there and guess what....u got a new sub!

i sat throught all 25 minutes without skipping, amazing video

For the most part I already understand DDoS but this video would have been great a few classes ago (I’m a Cyber Security major in my second year). I still have access to the practice server we used where we had to set up all sorts of things including DDoS & even Trojans so we could then use a secondary remote system to “find” and take them down. Definitely going to come back to your channel for anything I may need a better understand of or need to look at from a different angle because I love how you break things down.

I literally built your smartwatch. I can't believe I just saw one in the wild, this many years later...that was frickin 2013 lol which is absolutely why it looks like a Moto because android. Wow. next I'll see you pull out a prototype 4G RF head somewhere that I helped build Great content. Of course I would think so lol I literally shared this to my linked in bro - just to rattle some cages to see if any of the old squad falls out ha ha ha

Swissgear makes great backpacks for IT travelers, and I highly recommend the Executive 5700 series. They're a fantastic deal for under $80 for most. I've carried mine for over 6 years, and gave away a similar 5-year old model 3900 series Swissgear to a young tech in need before I got my current pack. Perfect for EDC and big enough to travel across country as a carry-on flight bag. The quality of fabrication is unmatched by bags in the $50-100 dollar range. The straps & steel reinforced carry handle allows these bags to hold up to 50lbs if needed, or nearly empty like you pack your daily Hacker bag. Your Doomsday Database is a great idea (I have a 3Tb too), but I recommend you store & carry it in at least one Mylar ziplock bag (two is best) to protect from moisture as well as potential EMP electrical interference. Yes, you can get through TSA with your external HD in Mylar (so long as it's not energized). Replace the Anker battery with a solar supplemented equivalent, like the PowerPort series, or smaller 1500MAhr can be had for under $35. For your laptop, do yourself a HUGE FAVOR, and get a padded Sleeve. Target Bex sleeves can be had for very little. Your Hak5 kit is flawless, with all the usual suspects.

leatherman wave is incredible, i do not leave home without it

nice set up dude!

Must have taken a fat minute to pack all this away. Fantastic all in all. Not a hacker but still found this very very interesting

I’d be really interested to see the tools you have on your doomsday drive

Agreed on the MX Master 3 being the Alpha Mouse of all time. Great video my dude!!!

Good thinking on the soldering iron!!

Wow just from this video I can tell this man has much knowledge. I thought I was a knowledgeable tech but this guys got everything covered here.

Cole: look at all this cool stuff Me: 17:25 *holy crap how big is that cat*

I love how our bags are near identical.

I was so sceptical about it, i was like " dude thas typical geek backpack" until he pulled out that hak5 bag lol

How convenient to see this just after scheduling a Security+, hoping someday I'll be building a bag like this!