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So what you're saying is you can pwn literally any arXiv account by giving a convincing enough presentation on a highly specialised scientific field at a confer
by antihero 5y ago
So what you're saying is you can pwn literally any arXiv account by giving a convincing enough presentation on a highly specialised scientific field at a conference that Paul is attending?
Pah, what sort of security do you call that?!
- Shared404 5y agoIf you can both get invited under a fake name and show interesting enough research that Paul seeks you out I suppose. I think the first part would be rather difficult, probably more so than pwning a server.
- hiddencost 5y agoParent is joking
- Shared404 5y agoWell, that'll teach me not to HN right after waking up. Or won't. But it should :P
- nefitty 5y agoI've always said that the neurobiology of sarcasm is woefully understudied
- toomuchtodo 5y agoHN pre-coffee: read only. HN post-coffee: writes enabled. :)
- rolandog 5y agoAlso, you can comment as a caffeinated user by prefixing with cudo.
- tomcam 5y agoI’m glad you were the one to break the news
- path411 5y agoReminds me of the xkcd: https://xkcd.com/810/ https://xkcd.com/810/