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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 Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Happy to see that you live a privileged life