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This technique could be used for good (detect an automated harassment campaign) or evil (unmask a protester agitating for societal change against a powerful sta
by neallindsay 6y ago
This technique could be used for good (detect an automated harassment campaign) or evil (unmask a protester agitating for societal change against a powerful state).
As technologists we want to be able to look at a technology and discern if it is good or evil. Unfortunately we don't always have enough information.
- TomGullen 6y ago> or evil (unmask a protester agitating for societal change against a powerful state) Can you give an example of how this technique could be exploited in such a way?
- eswat 6y agoFind a site the target visits frequently that lets you inject something that will make a request to your server (“poisoning the well”). Use the gathered IP address, User-Agent and Language headers to start building a persona to look for.
- TomGullen 6y agoAnd how does images in CSS help with that?