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Okay, fair enough - so instead of Article URLs, I started typing names: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=paulgraham https://news.ycombinator.com/user?i
by ghshephard 14y ago
Okay, fair enough - so instead of Article URLs, I started typing names:
https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=paulgraham
https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=RHashem
https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=RayinerHashem
To see if I could get any personal information like email addresses, profile information, etc... What if instead of usernames, they were simply integers - I.E. https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=000001 https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=000001, https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=000002 https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=000002, etc...
Was that unauthorized? How about illegal?
Seriously - I think Weev is a complete Troll, and he was totally hacking AT&T - but I don't think his actions came anywhere close to criminal. I"m really happy to hear he has competent representation.