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Harvard had a similar bug - you could modify the url to find out if you had entry. They found out and revoked admission from all students who used the url on et

Harvard had a similar bug - you could modify the url to find out if you had entry. They found out and revoked admission from all students who used the url on ethics violations.

DaiPlusPlus 3y ago
...how is that an ethics violation?
- xvector 3y ago
  It isn't, Harvard is just virtue signaling. Their admissions have always been fucked up. This is the same university that treats Asians as third-class candidates and openly defies the Supreme Court rulings on affirmative action.
- flowerlad 3y ago
  Because otherwise, they will have to admit they messed up. Easier to blame it on the kids.
- andy99 3y ago
  Remember that whole thing where a government claimed that "view source" was hacking to cover for their design that sent personal information out. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/10/viewing-website-html-code-is-not-illegal-or-hacking-prof-tells-missouri-gov/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/10/viewing-website-...
andy99 3y ago
Pretty sad if true.
CPLX 3y ago
Am going to need a source for a claim like that.
- trostaft 3y ago
  I think this is what the top level poster is talking about? But this was 18 years ago. Maybe there was a more recent version https://www.computerworld.com/article/2568748/harvard-rejects-business-school-applicants-who-hacked-site.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/2568748/harvard-reject...
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- csa 3y ago
  > Am going to need a source for a claim like that. https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2005/03/4693-2/ https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2005/03/4693-2/ Slightly more involved than the original post, but only slightly.
booleandilemma 3y ago
This seems like an urban legend. Is there an article or something you can point to?
- csa 3y ago
  Not urban legend, but slightly more involved: https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2005/03/4693-2/ https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2005/03/4693-2/
SkeuomorphicBee 3y ago
That is quite an unetical move by Harvard, they are the ones that made the information public, and then punished those who viewed it.
- csa 3y ago
  Meh… the decisions were not finalized. The HBS folks incorrectly thought that their work in the system was private. TBH, they should be mad at the company and mad at themselves for not engaging in due diligence. That said, I can see how this would be an ethical violation, akin to asking a friend who works in the admissions department for an update.
collegeburner 3y ago
i think the takeaway here is if you do this, just check the admit status of every single student
- csa 3y ago
  They would have needed the unique ApplyYourself ID for any other applicant. I assume that these IDs were not trivial like intitials and last name.
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Harvard had a similar bug - you could modify the url to find out if you had entry. They found out and revoked admission from all students who used the url on ethics violations.

DaiPlusPlus 3y ago

...how is that an ethics violation?

xvector 3y ago
It isn't, Harvard is just virtue signaling. Their admissions have always been fucked up. This is the same university that treats Asians as third-class candidates and openly defies the Supreme Court rulings on affirmative action.
flowerlad 3y ago
Because otherwise, they will have to admit they messed up. Easier to blame it on the kids.
andy99 3y ago
Remember that whole thing where a government claimed that "view source" was hacking to cover for their design that sent personal information out. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/10/viewing-website-html-code-is-not-illegal-or-hacking-prof-tells-missouri-gov/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/10/viewing-website-...

andy99 3y ago

Pretty sad if true.

CPLX 3y ago

Am going to need a source for a claim like that.

trostaft 3y ago
I think this is what the top level poster is talking about? But this was 18 years ago. Maybe there was a more recent version https://www.computerworld.com/article/2568748/harvard-rejects-business-school-applicants-who-hacked-site.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/2568748/harvard-reject...
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csa 3y ago
> Am going to need a source for a claim like that. https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2005/03/4693-2/ https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2005/03/4693-2/ Slightly more involved than the original post, but only slightly.

booleandilemma 3y ago

This seems like an urban legend. Is there an article or something you can point to?

csa 3y ago
Not urban legend, but slightly more involved: https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2005/03/4693-2/ https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2005/03/4693-2/

SkeuomorphicBee 3y ago

That is quite an unetical move by Harvard, they are the ones that made the information public, and then punished those who viewed it.

csa 3y ago
Meh… the decisions were not finalized. The HBS folks incorrectly thought that their work in the system was private. TBH, they should be mad at the company and mad at themselves for not engaging in due diligence. That said, I can see how this would be an ethical violation, akin to asking a friend who works in the admissions department for an update.

collegeburner 3y ago

i think the takeaway here is if you do this, just check the admit status of every single student

csa 3y ago
They would have needed the unique ApplyYourself ID for any other applicant. I assume that these IDs were not trivial like intitials and last name.

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