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Guide To Building a Cable That Improves iOS Exploits
mask.of.sanity writes "An Aussie network engineer has published a guide to building a serial cable connector that allows access to a secret kernel debugger hidden within Apple iOS. The debugger was a dormant iOS feature carried over from Apple OS, and seems to serves no function other than to allow hackers to build better exploits. The cable needs an external power source and a jailbroken device to access the debugger." We've mentioned Pollock's serial adapter kit before, modulo the kernel debugging abilities.
Totally. Nobody would abuse that. No way.
Other sites seem to work fine with an edit feature.
Those sites dont reward certain types of comments.
"I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)
To be fair, there's no reason why /. couldn't implement an edit feature and keep the edit history available as well. Hell, even just append the post with the edited post and show the original as scored out text just above it, or hidden under a "show original" button that's quite obvious. That way nobody can abuse it to make it look like they said something else without making themselves look like an idiot. And if you're really concerned about the "reward" system, have the system ignore any post that's been edited for any reason, which would also encourage people not to abuse it and those that do won't get any benefit for it.
Of course, that would probably require some effort from the slashdot web monkeys.
+1 IDisagreeSoHeMustBeATrollOrAnAstroturferOrAShill
What reward? Karma? Pfft. That's so easy to get it's laughable.
Besides: Editing your comment wouldn't have to undo a moderation. So If you make a really bad comment and get modded down to -1 for it, changing the comment won't necessarily improve your score in time to change the moderation.
Also, why can't a time limit be put on it? Say, 4 hours. So if you fire off a hasty flame post, but then calm down later and realize how stupid you sound, you can go back a bit later and change it. I think that's a great idea. Prevents stupid flame posts from staying up without moderators having to waste points on it, and raises the overall dialog level.
The only really "exploitable" thing I could see was if someone put up a really good post, got a +5 for it, and then edited it to be a spam post or a link to a virus or something along those lines. But since the high-marked posters are fairly well known, I don't see that as being a huge issue.
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The reward isn't 'karma', it's the word Insightful next to people's posts. That alone counts for most of the noise on this site.
Your example of an exploit is a rather important one.
"I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)
Mod points are handed to the ppl who comment a lot. These same people don't read the articles and half the time don't even read the summaries.
You either need to give up the moderation system or have properly trained mods.
"I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)
Instead of spouting venom, learn some self control. There is no need to edit posts.
If you need to edit it, you probably didn't need to write it.
If you're editing it because you misspelled something, take that as a sign that you should proofread before submitting. (guilty as charged)