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Justin Kan #1 on Business 2.0's Most Influential People List (and i am responsible)

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Re: Justin Kan #1 on Business 2.0's Most Influential People List (and i am responsible)

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

who matters most now (i mean)

For a flash based implementation all you have to know is: #1 Anyone can dissect a swf file and read your code . #2 Own your swf files.This means ,make sure that your server side script runs/executes only if the swf file resides in your trusted domain. For a voting system, some kind of IP based check is a basic necessity. Business2.0 didn't even care to implement it.Aint that lame?

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Re: Justin Kan #1 on Business 2.0's Most Influential People List (and i am responsible)

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I couldn't believe they allowed voting at all. Even if it wasn't hackable, it would still produce garbage results. Time tried this about ten years ago, and Attaturk won in almost every category, including, iirc, best athlete of the 20th century, and best poet.

Remember, you're talking about a magazine that misspelled "YouTube" on the cover of their last "Person of the Year" issue.
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