Warning: my Google Account just got banned after using this

[r-erd]

Hi,

just wanted to let you guys know that after using this for about 5mins I got a pop-up that I am permanently banned from using Google Colab with the respective Google Account due to misuse.

[qurbat]

+1. My account has also now been suspended from making further use of Google Colab services. It would be good to have a giant H1 tag in the README of the project to caution users about this.

I also want to point out, however, that the Google Colab use-policy explicitly disallows use of their services for cracking password hashes. Further, if you still try to execute the notebook, you'll be greeted with a small warning box advising you against going ahead.

[PythonCoderUnicorn]

I was following your instructions on how to use Google Colab

• copied a version to my Drive
• made dothashcat/hashes/
• made sure runtime was GPU

I got this warning. You should warn people about this! I am learning Cyber Security for Ethical Hacking, I do not appreciate getting in trouble with Google.

[0x09AF]

Guys, I've used these notebooks for several years (there are a few of them on GitHub) and honestly, this is not the author's fault. I used my spare account and when Google gave me a warning something like "You may be performing illegal commands, and may be suspended for this" - I took full responsibility proceeding, and got banned soon after.

It is good to have an FYI but a GitHub author of a Jupyter Notebook shall not be responsible for your Google account

[NoPurposeInLife]

it's not the author's fault, but please include it in the readme? so we at least get a warning before getting banned? In my case, no warning is issued by google, just straight up banned.

[HongYue1]

some advice for everyone here, don't use notebooks that other people share especially if there is a risk, just make a one yourself or at least copy it to a new notebook, a I have been using hashcat on colab with a notebook I made for some time and I never faced a problem with google.

[Meterpretator]

Yeaah, banned too. Maybe there is some obfuscation...

[Islam-sehil-59]

Damn I am banned also 😕

[HongYue1]

I'm fine cracking h22000 hash, haven't tried other types of hashes.