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Firefox Extension for Applied Social Networking

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the grinding-out-the-documentation-of-relationships dept.

wanderingstan writes "Outfoxed is my masters thesis project about trust. (Nutshell overview) The extension uses a social network for personalized searching, phishing/spyware protection, file/process validation and more. It's related to del.icio.us, StumbleUpon, and those Kevin Bacon things, but goes a lot further. Mathematically, it's based on the network behavior of small world networks (pdf). Built with Javascript, Python, SQL, and XSLT. 366 testers so far, but we need the network to grow!"

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  1. did he say... by bad_outlook · · Score: 5, Funny

    he wanted the network to *grow* or get slashdotted to death?

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    1. Re:did he say... by bad_outlook · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's fantastic, so I wonder if all 571 websites are now down due to one /. post! Now that would call for a /. story, which should in turn /. http://www.whois.sc/ Who says reading /. is passive!

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  2. What? by geekoid · · Score: 4, Funny

    No Links?

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  3. Re:I wish there was a Firefox extension for... by octalman · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... filtering stupid posts.

  4. Re:I wish there was a Firefox extension for... by bad_outlook · · Score: 3, Funny

    on Slashdot? What would be left to read? Change you modifier to +2 and see how much is left.

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  5. not trusting trusted people by moz25 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, the thing is that I can trust many people I know with my life, but not with my computer.

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    1. Re:not trusting trusted people by xMilkmanDanx · · Score: 2, Funny

      Sad but true. Very few people should be allowed to do anything of significance with a computer but could be trusted to not endanger your life (unless it was endangered THROUGH their use of your computer).

      This is probably why mac's only have one mouse button. Bet they'd have done away with the keyboard too if they could get away with it.

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  6. kevin bacon things by xtermin8 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I tried googling "kevin bacon things" and "extensions" the results I got were really disturbing. Please, we don't need any more of these on the net!

  7. more links please by joey_knisch · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think he needed more random links.

  8. max_user_connections by lbmouse · · Score: 3, Funny

    "366 testers so far, but we need the network to grow!"

    No, apparently you don't:

    Warning: mysql_connect(): User wanderin_drpl2 has already more than 'max_user_connections' active connections in /home/wanderin/public_html/getoutfoxed/includes/da tabase.mysql.inc on line 31 User wanderin_drpl2 has already more than 'max_user_connections' active connections

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  10. Re:Using social networks for personalization by joepeg · · Score: 5, Funny

    On the one hand, you trust your friends, so things your friends clicked on might be interesting for you to know about.

    Obviously, you've never had a friend relentlessly forward you email chain letters insisting "I know you hate these ... but this one is funny/great/interesting/etc..."

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  11. Social Engineering by Sentry21 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did anyone else read the title as Firefox Extension for Applied Social engineering ?

    The possibilities started flowing through my brain at a rapid pace. I envisioned a 'pretend to be a technician' wizard ('Do you know the name of the contractor which the target company uses for technical support?' 'Do technicians wear overalls to service calls?'), perhaps a research assistant, a disguise toolbar (a la Sims 2), maybe a letterhead forging wizard...

    This story is probably one of the biggest letdowns in the entire term of my Slashdot patronage.

  12. Re:Using social networks for personalization by oasisbob · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are you sure there isn't another reason why SLC has it's own SEC office?