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Fail: Chrome, Firefox, and IE all
crack during hacking competition
Washington Post ^
| 3/11/13
| Meghan Kelly
Posted on 03/11/2013 7:11:28 AM PDT by Nachum
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posted on
03/11/2013 7:11:28 AM PDT
by
Nachum
To: Nachum
Hackers are among the lowest forms of life on earth; blowing up the site of that competition would have been a patriotic act!
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posted on
03/11/2013 7:16:48 AM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed &water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW & FOREVER!)
To: Nachum
I am stuck at firefox 3.6.18
Every firefox version since then (almost 3 years ago) loads the saved window positions from the taskbar, IN REVERSE order. No fix in 3 years. These outfits create the customer dissatisfaction.
Now my bank is intentional blocking my firefox version from working, trying to force me to upgrade. I cannot control my own monies if I don’t change my computer ways.
To: George from New England
They want you to upgrade because your version of firefox is hopelessly out of date.
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posted on
03/11/2013 7:24:02 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: JimRed
It’s best to read and understand the article before posting comments.
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posted on
03/11/2013 7:26:20 AM PDT
by
Jack of all Trades
(Hold your face to the light, even though for the moment you do not see.)
To: Nachum
Life is too short to obsess over software..
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posted on
03/11/2013 7:27:03 AM PDT
by
bigbob
To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Salo; JosephW; Only1choice____Freedom; amigatec; stylin_geek; ...
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posted on
03/11/2013 7:31:55 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: George from New England
I use Slimbrowser. It works very well.
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posted on
03/11/2013 7:34:44 AM PDT
by
Dan(9698)
To: George from New England
Well, try getting rid of Windows 98SE on your computer..........;^)
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posted on
03/11/2013 7:36:40 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Lincoln freed the slaves. Obama just got them ALL back......................)
To: Nachum
I expected IE (Internet Exposure) to epic fail, I expected “Don’t Be Evil” google’s Chrome to blab all it knows (for a price), but I’m disappointed that Firefox did so poorly.
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posted on
03/11/2013 8:13:05 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Gun confiscation enables tyranny. Don't enable tyranny.)
To: null and void
Firefox released 19.0.2 the next day in response to the failure.
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posted on
03/11/2013 8:16:48 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: driftdiver
They want you to upgrade because your version of firefox is hopelessly out of date.I had an ISP tech support guy tell me once that my software was worn out. That could be the problem.
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posted on
03/11/2013 8:18:36 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
To: ShadowAce
Good to know, I upgraded within minutes of the upgrade’s release.
I also note that the hacks were all on windoze systems, I don’t use the windoze half of my iMac on the net.
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posted on
03/11/2013 8:24:21 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Gun confiscation enables tyranny. Don't enable tyranny.)
To: martin_fierro; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Swordmaker; ShadowAce
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posted on
03/11/2013 8:24:28 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: null and void
I dont use the windoze half of my iMac on the net. Where is the other half of your iMac?
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posted on
03/11/2013 8:26:10 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: George from New England
Maybe you made a typo but it looks like 3.6.28 was the last for the 3.6 Firefox releases. Still, as a security fix it’s a year old and the underlying technology is years out of date.
I don’t understand what you mean by loading the saved window versions in reverse order compared to the 3.6 release. Have you reported the bug or do you just expect it to be known and fixed without prompting?
Your bank is absolutely right in blocking a release that old for your own security.
To: ShadowAce
That freeper probably used "bootcamp" from Mac OS X to have both Windows and Mac OS X on the iMac.
The inference is "half" the disk was loaded with Windows and "half" kept Mac OS X.
To: Nachum
No mention of Opera v12.14, the one I use. Probably got ‘holes’, too. Nothing’s 100% secure, out there, I’m guessing.
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posted on
03/11/2013 8:36:35 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(AR-10s & AR-15s Are The 21st Century's Muskets. Free Men Need Not Ask Permission!)
To: ShadowAce
In a “Parallels” universe...
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posted on
03/11/2013 8:38:03 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Gun confiscation enables tyranny. Don't enable tyranny.)
To: null and void
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posted on
03/11/2013 8:38:39 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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