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Worse: back in the day, you could type raw HTML into AOL Instant Messenger. Notably, being able to construct a link with whatever address you pleased, including
by Slackwise 5y ago
Worse: back in the day, you could type raw HTML into AOL Instant Messenger. Notably, being able to construct a link with whatever address you pleased, including `file://c:\con\con`.
- notadev 5y agoNot just that, AOL allowed playing sound files from within a chat room. If a user sent `{s gotmail`, it would play the `gotmail.wav` file on the computer of each person currently in the chat room. So, sending `{s /con/con` or `{s /aux/aux` to that chat would instantly crash the computer of everyone in the chat, causing a BSoD. It was great fun if you were an obnoxious kid, and generally super frustrating for anyone trying to chat.
- hobomatic 5y agoThere was something similar with popular irc clients on windows in the late 90s early 2000s. There was a direct file transfer mechanism called dcc. If you forged a request for con/aux device files you could send instructions to the person's printer or modem and do all sorts of interesting mischief.