Firefox JavaScript flaw ''just a joke'' - bit-tech.net Forums

Tim S · 4th Oct 2006, 08:52

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/10...ipt_flaw_hoax/

BioSniper · 4th Oct 2006, 09:05

*sighs* some people

sadffffff · 4th Oct 2006, 09:17

LOL good one

Woodstock · 4th Oct 2006, 09:19

Well someone likes being a pain in the ***, an hour telling mum why and how to disable javascript to prevent it crashing

Veles · 4th Oct 2006, 09:26

lol

DougEdey · 4th Oct 2006, 09:41

The reason they didn't submit the flaw to Mozilla foundation to get the bounty is because its known about.`

Firehed · 4th Oct 2006, 14:11

Ha ha.

olly_lewis · 4th Oct 2006, 15:27

I did'nt think to much about the flaw, even if there is one or not, but I didnt stop using firefox, but I did believe their claims, becuase I don't know anything about Firefox's Javascript. But looking at it now I think me and other people were pretty cretinous to believe two hackers... c'mon there hackers!

Cobalt · 4th Oct 2006, 16:26

Who are the people who know the most about security flaws? The security consultants or the hackers? Hackers every time. Thats why they get employed to find loopholes, so its no wonder everybody believes them. And the flaw does exist it just isn't a serious threat.

Tyinsar · 4th Oct 2006, 18:22

not really funny and kind of dumb as a publicity stunt (makes the hackers look stupid)

DXR_13KE · 4th Oct 2006, 18:46

maybe its not a joke... maybe they just want us to think its a joke

and when we enable our javascripts they will steal all our pron and all our beer from our fridge

.

LOL

chunky_monkey · 4th Oct 2006, 19:11

Can you imagine if in any other industry someone did this?

"Today two mechanics revealed a fatal flaw in Ford cars that may result in something really bad"

Hello lawsuit, done for libel etc. Surprised that Mozilla aren't trying to get the hackers balls handed over in a small ornate presentation box.

Tyinsar · 4th Oct 2006, 20:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by DXR_13KE

maybe its not a joke... maybe they just want us to think its a joke

and when we enable our javascripts they will steal all our pron and all our beer from our fridge

.

LOL

LOL, I thought that too for a second.

saeghwin · 4th Oct 2006, 20:52

Hah. Just when I thought that the "Use Firefox" banners everyone had were becoming ironic!

tm36usa · 5th Oct 2006, 01:30

What *******s. I unistalled firefox and installed opera becuase of this... and now opera is growing on me....

Tim S · 5th Oct 2006, 03:08

maybe they have a financial interest in Opera? If you remember, IE was mentioned in the same presentation, but Opera was not mentioned anywhere....

Firehed · 5th Oct 2006, 04:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by tm36usa

What *******s. I unistalled firefox and installed opera becuase of this... and now opera is growing on me....

Disabling JS would have been too easy and you wanted something more extreme? You silly boy.

Actually, that's what I hate about so-called Web2.0 - everything's AJAX, so all of your sites break if you disable JS.

4th Oct 2006, 08:52	#1
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4th Oct 2006, 15:27	#8
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