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Using Goatse to Stop App Theft

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Re: Using Goatse to Stop App Theft

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Post by kvdveer »

ryandrake wrote: post #207

> This made me angrier than it should have - not because Sqword is a cash cow - we don't run ads on the site and don't make money from it, it's just for fun, but because it was a passion project with friends, something pure and intentionally free to play WITHOUT ads. If the site is for fun and doesn't make money, then how is what these aggregators are doing considered "theft"? Theft of credit for making the app, I gu…

Monetary value is not the only kind of value that can be stolen. In this case the theft may be about reputation (e.g. resumé credits) or simply control.

Re: Using Goatse to Stop App Theft

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Post by jodrellblank »

smcl wrote: post #63
reconvene wrote: post #23

I don't know why I checked but uhh yup. It's working. There are at least 6 sites on the first page of Google results that now render goatse. Thankfully, the first link is the original one for me.

Came here to say the same thing. Unless you're one of today's "lucky 10,000"[0] who haven't ever encountered goatse before, there's no need to verify this :D [0] - https://xkcd.com/1053/ edit: folks the xkcd lucky 10k reference was a joke, settle down

If you change the domain to goatkcd it shows you the comic but replaces the last panel with goatse.

e.g. NSFW https://goatkcd.com/1053/

Re: Using Goatse to Stop App Theft

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Post by Chabsff »

singleshot_ wrote: post #189
b800h wrote: post #141

I am absolutely not a lawyer, but I wouldn't do something like this for fear of falling afoul of anti-obscenity laws. For instance, the UK has a cyberflashing law which allots a two year custodial sentence for sending a graphic image (by any means) with intent to cause distress.

Seems to me that the intent is to get people to stop stealing his IP, no?

And, especially in the context where the same result could have been achieved as easily without resorting to law-breaking, how does that constitute a license to break other laws?

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Post by imglorp »

dym_sh wrote: post #115
HeckFeck wrote: post #50

Ah, I had a similar idea. There were too many bots or vulnerability scanners hitting /wp-admin.php on my blog. It was flooding my access logs with 404s because I don't rock wordpress. Irksome stuff. So I threw up a little 'surprise' for the ahem penetration testers ahem , if you feel brave: https://www.thran.uk/wp-login.php

does it respond with 42.zip upon submitting admin-admin?

How about a JS fork bomb, on rotation with 42.zip?

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Post by disintegore »

schaefer wrote: post #126

> The mature and responsible thing to do would have been... You were triggered, and so you lashed out with an attack aimed at bystanders. "mature and responsible" have nothing to do with it. The word is: immoral.

Over the years I've seen so many variations of this. "u mad", "triggered", "seethe", "rent free", etc.

I don't know why the internet insists on deriding anyone that reacts strongly to anything. It's something you ought to grow out of after middle school.

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Post by noarchy »

packetslave wrote: post #116
hexsprite wrote: post #85

Just keep in mind some kids might be playing these games. So while it might be satisfying to stick it to the sites that are stealing your code, you might traumatize a child.

"won't someone think of the children!?!?!" is a meme for a reason.

>"won't someone think of the children!?!?!" is a meme for a reason.

Indeed, and it is well-represented here. In fact, I assumed we'd see some of it here and went looking for it. I was not disappointed. It means plenty of people missed the point entirely.

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Post by Anonbrit »

andybak wrote: post #54
RIMR wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's right, this is a pro-showing-buttholes-to-children community.

Strictly speaking it's anti-not-showing-buttholes-to-children community but that's a distinction to debate at the next Libertarian conference.

Isn't it the anti-anti-showing-buttholes-to-children community? Nobody wants to force you to show buttholes to children, but you should feel free to if desired

Re: Using Goatse to Stop App Theft

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Post by tptacek »

nonrandomstring wrote: post #61

Once, out of the kindness of my foolish heart, I ran a server with a lot of great sound effects for all and sundry to download. Eventually the bandwidth was getting hammered by a huge number of leechers seemingly from some apps that had simply hard-linked to the resources. After replacing said resources [0] they soon ceased but not without a slew of abusive and entitled emails demanding I restore the SFX. Oh fun time…

The users of these apps probably don't even understand what it means to hotlink someone else's resources, and, rather than simply remove the resources, you replaced them with an overtly offensive message. I'm not saying you weren't within your rights to do that, but you can't at this point high-horse and complain about the abusive emails you got as a reaction.

Re: Using Goatse to Stop App Theft

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Post by jvolkman »

meristohm wrote: post #79
say_it_as_it_is wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can't unsee it. You know exactly what it looks like. It etches into long-term memory like a scar that never fades.

I both find this hole thread interesting & entertaining, and I have yet to see the goatse image despite knowing about it since 2005 or so. I saw too many things as a child that are indelibly etched into my awareness and I practice filtering now so to minimize distractions. However, context matters quite a bit! If someone Rick-rolled me with this I hope I'd have a good humor about it. And there's always therapy, via w…

> hole thread

I see what you did there.

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