News Firefox JavaScript flaw ''just a joke''

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  1. Tim S

    Tim S OG

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  2. BioSniper

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    *sighs* some people :rolleyes: :sigh:
     
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  3. sadffffff

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    LOL good one
     
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  4. Woodstock

    Woodstock So Say We All

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

    Veles DUR HUR

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    lol
     
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  6. DougEdey

    DougEdey I pwn all your storage

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

    Firehed Why not? I own a domain to match.

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    Ha ha. :rolleyes:
     
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  8. olly_lewis

    olly_lewis What's a Dremel?

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    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!
     
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  9. Cobalt

    Cobalt What's a Dremel?

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    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.
     
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  10. Tyinsar

    Tyinsar 6 screens 1 card since Nov 17 2007

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    not really funny and kind of dumb as a publicity stunt (makes the hackers look stupid)
     
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  11. DXR_13KE

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    maybe its not a joke... maybe they just want us to think its a joke :worried: and when we enable our javascripts they will steal all our pron and all our beer from our fridge :eeek: .

    LOL :blush:
     
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  12. chunky_monkey

    chunky_monkey What's a Dremel?

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    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"

    :wallbash:

    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.
     
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  13. Tyinsar

    Tyinsar 6 screens 1 card since Nov 17 2007

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    LOL, I thought that too for a second.
     
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  14. saeghwin

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    Hah. Just when I thought that the "Use Firefox" banners everyone had were becoming ironic!
     
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  15. tm36usa

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    What *******s. I unistalled firefox and installed opera becuase of this... and now opera is growing on me.... :eeek:
     
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  16. Tim S

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

    Firehed Why not? I own a domain to match.

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    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.
     
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