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by xtacy 16y ago
I am guessing that the fingerprinting problem extends far beyond the browser. What about connection based fingerprinting? (TCP/IP stack, etc.) What about order of fetching images from a website? What about timing attacks that measure the ti
842.
by xtacy 16y ago
You could argue about the precise definition of a virus and all that, but I think this classifies more as malware that just spreads around. Spam-ware maybe?
843.
by xtacy 16y ago
Chats are stored in an (almost complete) RFC822 compliant format on their servers. In plain HTML mode, you can click on a chat and do the "View plain message" trick to find what you need as email attachments: 1. A HTML copy of the chat 2. A
844.
by xtacy 16y ago
Much better security architecture. If you're technically inclined, you should read their paper about the NaCl architecture. http://nativeclient.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/native_clie...
845.
by xtacy 16y ago
Yes, if you take a photograph, a dollyzoom like effect comes into place.
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by xtacy 16y ago
Something that you can run right in your browser (flash based): http://osteele.com/tools/reanimator/
847.
by xtacy 16y ago
In short, a race condition in Windows.
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by xtacy 16y ago
You might find some more information about such architectures that the research community is currently looking at: http://prpl.stanford.edu/ is one such.
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by xtacy 16y ago
Could anyone point me to some source of good vector graphics "clipart"? The pictures in Infographics are pretty and would be awesome if I could use some in presentations as well.
850.
by xtacy 17y ago
I think what the OP means is that the webapps have changed application model from client side to a more server side approach. UX needs to change across platforms (devices) yes, but the number of versions of application "out there" is just o
851.
by xtacy 17y ago
It looks like HTML is no more just Hyper-TEXT Markup Language.. It should perhaps be called Hyper Markup Language.
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MIT postdoc on Time Management(iwillteachyoutoberich.com)
1 points by xtacy 17y ago|0 comments
853.
by xtacy 17y ago
Is the primary motivation behind redirection to another website to track clicks? In situations like Facebook, a redirect effectively changes the REFERRER header so that it doesn't leak any information (about the origin of the request, like:
854.
by xtacy 17y ago
Interesting. Facebook had a similar exploit earlier but they seem to have solved it easily by attaching a hash to the redirect: site.com/redirect?l=<url>&h=hash(secret,url)
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by xtacy 17y ago
The title should have been "A report on.." rather than "A guide to.." Am curious to know if this game would have the observer effect. I would guess that a lot to flirting lies in the fact that such "signals" are natural. If someone manages
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APOD: Water on Moon(antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov)
3 points by xtacy 17y ago|0 comments
857.
by xtacy 17y ago
Thanks. Yes, that's why teachers will never be not-wanted. We need experts/teachers who can cherry pick concepts and help us sift through the maze. Thanks for the link!
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by xtacy 17y ago
It's good, but quite often, I've faced the problem of an information overload, where there are just too many things to read. How have you all tackled it?
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by xtacy 17y ago
if you could recover "cat" and if there was /proc.. oh well, lots of "if there were".