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I guess the dude who wrote that function thought, maybe I shouldn't add a docstring or any comments to that function. What is he/she even supposed to write "fun

by wqtz 3y ago

I guess the dude who wrote that function thought, maybe I shouldn't add a docstring or any comments to that function. What is he/she even supposed to write "function to commit corporate insurance fraud."? Protip. If you are committing fraud in the future - use a compiled language, do not use offsite version control and UPLOAD ONLY THE BINARY.

ksd482 3y ago
The bytecode of the binary could also be used to prove it was a random number generator, right?
- sgjohnson 3y ago
  You’re missing the point here, which is that it would be impossible to prove who wrote it by the bytecode/disassembly alone.
  - ksd482 3y ago
    ah, yes. I missed the point. Thanks
EMIRELADERO 3y ago
> Protip. If you are committing fraud in the future. Use a compiled language, do not use offsite version control and UPLOAD ONLY THE BINARY. Until you get prosecuted and legally required to turn over the source code, as it happened here.
- EA-3167 3y ago
  Seriously, the real pro tip is, "Don't commit fraud, even unethical businesses don't need to do that." If your workplace is encouraging outright criminality, document everything, and either become a whistleblower or run like hell.
  - meepmorp 3y ago
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKGdhJybmT8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKGdhJybmT8
    - EA-3167 3y ago
      God that was such a good show, I might have to re-watch it if I ever have the time.
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tedivm 3y ago
It's always weird when people try to give advice on how to commit crimes here, but it's even weirder when the advice is horrible.
- deleted 3y ago
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- twic 3y ago
  I wonder what happened to that guy who wanted to get in touch with a drug cartel.
  - mvandermeulen 3y ago
    Does anyone know what happened to that guy? Or is everyone who could reply swimming with da fishes
    - maxbond 3y ago
      It was a satire. Presumably nothing happened, other than that we all looked pretty silly and got a good laugh out of it.
- SilasX 3y ago
  I remember an old slashdot thread about a pedophile who took pictures of his victims and then tried to obscure it by swirl-distorting the faces. Police were able to sufficiently unswirl the faces and identify the victims and get a conviction. The comments were all like, “well, duh you have to use a randomized Gaussian blur to make it irreversible”. “Yeah or black out the faces entirely.” Finally someone said, “right. Or, you know, you could just not molest children.” Edit: this might have been it but I remember a more involved thread: https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=321921&cid=20908895 https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=321921&cid=20908895
mananaysiempre 3y ago
And thus we arrive at yet another use for the venerable FCIB[1]. [1] https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20171114-00/?p=97396 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20171114-00/?p=97...
twic 3y ago
Put the fraudy bit in a config file and don't commit your config.

by wqtz 3y ago

ksd482 3y ago

The bytecode of the binary could also be used to prove it was a random number generator, right?

sgjohnson 3y ago
You’re missing the point here, which is that it would be impossible to prove who wrote it by the bytecode/disassembly alone.
- ksd482 3y ago
  ah, yes. I missed the point. Thanks

EMIRELADERO 3y ago

> Protip. If you are committing fraud in the future. Use a compiled language, do not use offsite version control and UPLOAD ONLY THE BINARY. Until you get prosecuted and legally required to turn over the source code, as it happened here.

EA-3167 3y ago
Seriously, the real pro tip is, "Don't commit fraud, even unethical businesses don't need to do that." If your workplace is encouraging outright criminality, document everything, and either become a whistleblower or run like hell.
- meepmorp 3y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKGdhJybmT8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKGdhJybmT8
  - EA-3167 3y ago
    God that was such a good show, I might have to re-watch it if I ever have the time.
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tedivm 3y ago

It's always weird when people try to give advice on how to commit crimes here, but it's even weirder when the advice is horrible.

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twic 3y ago
I wonder what happened to that guy who wanted to get in touch with a drug cartel.
- mvandermeulen 3y ago
  Does anyone know what happened to that guy? Or is everyone who could reply swimming with da fishes
  - maxbond 3y ago
    It was a satire. Presumably nothing happened, other than that we all looked pretty silly and got a good laugh out of it.
SilasX 3y ago
I remember an old slashdot thread about a pedophile who took pictures of his victims and then tried to obscure it by swirl-distorting the faces. Police were able to sufficiently unswirl the faces and identify the victims and get a conviction. The comments were all like, “well, duh you have to use a randomized Gaussian blur to make it irreversible”. “Yeah or black out the faces entirely.” Finally someone said, “right. Or, you know, you could just not molest children.” Edit: this might have been it but I remember a more involved thread: https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=321921&cid=20908895 https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=321921&cid=20908895

mananaysiempre 3y ago

And thus we arrive at yet another use for the venerable FCIB[1]. [1] https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20171114-00/?p=97396 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20171114-00/?p=97...

twic 3y ago

Put the fraudy bit in a config file and don't commit your config.