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What was the Sears debacle?
by nicolas_t 3y ago
What was the Sears debacle?
- cmh89 3y agohttps://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/9clji/where_did_my_post_about_searscoms_urlhackable/ https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/9clji/where_did_... reddit used to be owned by Conde Nast. Sears got upset about a post and complained to Conde Nast, who then told spez to take it down. If you have a political commitment to 'free speech' that folds if you might have to face some consequences for defending it, you don't have that strong of a commitment in my opinion. Certainly not strong enough to justify hosting a community of child predators
- paradox460 3y agoSears had an XSS injection issue, where you could change their breadcrumbs by manipulating the URLs. Some redditors changed and shared a link to a grill as a "Body part roaster" and had fun. Sears found out and got mad https://www.techdirt.com/2009/08/21/reddit-sears-grills-that-cook-babies-and-the-streisand-effect/ https://www.techdirt.com/2009/08/21/reddit-sears-grills-that...