Engineer admits hacking Yahoo accounts searching for images

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Post by prostoalex » Tue, Oct 01, 2019, 2:06 AM UTC

Engineer admits hacking Yahoo accounts searching for images
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Re: Engineer admits hacking Yahoo accounts searching for images

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Post by SteveNuts » Tue, Oct 01, 2019, 2:33 AM UTC

I truly don't understand how Yahoo still exists. How have they survived this long?

Re: Engineer admits hacking Yahoo accounts searching for images

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Post by spedru » Tue, Oct 01, 2019, 2:40 AM UTC

It's sobering to think about this in tandem with the fact that people in the IQ bracket for “engineer” tend to get away with crimes. Honestly, though, at least this can be turned into a concrete example to shoot down “if you don't have anything to hide...” and the like. The banal, lascivious panopticon elicits a real disgust response that might be moving, as opposed to the “shut up you alex jones weirdo” that sticks to talk of the NSA no matter how many Snowdens happen.

Re: Engineer admits hacking Yahoo accounts searching for images

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Post by JazzXP » Tue, Oct 01, 2019, 2:41 AM UTC

The fact he was able to usually means something is lacking in the backend security. Yes, bad employee, but more encryption and security models are required. Back when I was working on share trading software, this was one of our requirements of the system.

Re: Engineer admits hacking Yahoo accounts searching for images

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Post by peterhookgen » Tue, Oct 01, 2019, 2:47 AM UTC

SteveNuts wrote: post #2

I truly don't understand how Yahoo still exists. How have they survived this long?

I ask myself the same question, especially when it was announced on HN they just spent cash on a new branding logo https://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/new_log...

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Oct 01, 2019, 2:48 AM UTC

SteveNuts wrote: post #2

I truly don't understand how Yahoo still exists. How have they survived this long?

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Re: Engineer admits hacking Yahoo accounts searching for images

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Post by marsrover » Tue, Oct 01, 2019, 2:51 AM UTC

SteveNuts wrote: post #2

I truly don't understand how Yahoo still exists. How have they survived this long?

All the great logos they design keep them in business.

Re: Engineer admits hacking Yahoo accounts searching for images

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Post by taftster » Tue, Oct 01, 2019, 2:58 AM UTC

SteveNuts wrote: post #2

I truly don't understand how Yahoo still exists. How have they survived this long?

Fantasy football, NCAA Men's Basketball tournament, and maybe finance.yahoo.com is about it.

Re: Engineer admits hacking Yahoo accounts searching for images

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Post by sincerely » Tue, Oct 01, 2019, 3:00 AM UTC

peterhookgen wrote: post #5

SteveNuts wrote: post #2

I truly don't understand how Yahoo still exists. How have they survived this long?

I ask myself the same question, especially when it was announced on HN they just spent cash on a new branding logo https://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/new_log...

Working for Pentagram seems sweet. Huge cool designer cachet despite the fact that all you do is redesign logos and branding for incredibly uncool legacy corporations

Re: Engineer admits hacking Yahoo accounts searching for images

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Post by tempsy » Tue, Oct 01, 2019, 3:01 AM UTC

SteveNuts wrote: post #2

I truly don't understand how Yahoo still exists. How have they survived this long?

The updated Yahoo Finance app is really slick, actually.

It actually makes me wonder WTF happened to Google Finance? Why did they essentially abandon it? Charts just show up at the top of the results page but there's no dedicated site anymore.