Posts by Judd Bagley

Byrne's naked shorting crusade outs Yahoo! security vuln

A few clarifications

As the subject of the article, I think I'm in a position to clear things up for some of the above commenters.

@Ian Ferguson: I've not done any "hacking". The security expert quoted in the article mentioned some of the extreme ways in which this exploit could be used, but my use was limited to pairing of usernames and IP addresses for a very small number of individuals. This may or may not resolve your concerns, but I should add that in my opinion, the target of my efforts is engaged in an effort to cover up a serious crime, and I in an effort to expose him for doing as much.

@Dan Davis: I am not affiliated with a political party and Patrick Byrne is Libertarian. I've worked for candidates of both major parties. I don't think it's accurate to classify either Byrne or myself as strictly Republican or Democrat.

@Ben Colman: I don't work for Overstock.com. Furthermore, I don't feel particularly obligated to help Yahoo's army of developers identify security flaws while the company seems happy to allow its message boards to be used and abused by short selling stock manipulators as a forum for spreading libel and disinformation against targeted public companies.

Wikipedia black helicopters circle Utah's Traverse Mountain

RE: Spot on, for a change

Maury's understanding of events surrounding my "banning" from Wikipedia resembles a fourth-hand version of an out-dated urban legend retold by a 10-year-old with a gnat's attention span.

In other words, his version only roughly resembles the truth, although I'll concede that it's quite faithful to Wikipedia's officially endorsed version of the WorbBomb Chronicles.

So, I don't blame Maury. He's only repeating what he's been told by those in charge at Wikipedia. Furthermore, he's never heard my version of events, because my version is strictly forbidden. Those who attempt to tell it are banned. As are the thousands who live near me or work in the same place I do.

Indeed, I forgive you, Maury, because you have no idea what you're talking about, and it's not your fault. However, if you're open to learning a little, please see the WordBomb Manifesto, at http://antisocialmedia.net/?page_id=116

Having said that, I'd like to point out that even if everything Maury says were true, it does nothing to change my message (backed by incontrovertible evidence), which is that the most powerful Wikipedia admins have systematically abused their tools to hide their own violations of policy. And while that's bad enough, what's worse is that they regularly ban others for doing the same thing they've been doing for years.

So feel free to continue attacking me, Maury. I'm numb to it by now. If you'd like a bigger challenge, get over your issues with me and try to disprove the evidence presented at AntiSocialMedia.net.