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Disqus Bug Deanonymizes Commenters

Posted by Unknown on from the anonymous-cowards-unmasked dept.

alphatel writes "The Swedish company Resarchgruppen has discovered a flaw in the Disqus commenting system, enabling them to identify Disqus users by their e-mail addresses. The crack was done in cooperation with the Bonnier Group tabloid Expressen, in order to reveal politicians commenting on Swedish hate speech-sites."

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  1. Re:I do. by WWJohnBrowningDo · · Score: 4, Funny

    my photography stuff

    "Bad news, Sir. Looks like we need to throw the third candidate out."
    "Why? He looked the most promising."
    "I dug around his Internet postings, and I found something disturbing. He's... he's... a Canon user!"
    "*gasp* He got some nerve, apply to for a job at Nikon while owning Canons. Feed him to the hounds immediately."

  2. Re:I do. by guytoronto · · Score: 4, Funny

    I got my signs reversed trying to explain the link between electricity, magnetism, and Relativity once.

    How can you even look at yourself in the mirror? For shame!