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jonnymkramer

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jonnymkramer··on ChessBoardJS
Worst CAPTCHA ever. Trivial for a computer to work out, hard for a human.
jonnymkramer··on Official statement from WikiLeaks regarding Edward Snowden's exit from Hong Kong
He doesn't want to have to disappear, to never see his friends or family again. He is going to a country which will hopefully allow him to live openly.
jonnymkramer··on MtGox down
It's almost as if what was first written as a Magic the Gathering Online Trading platform isn't a bulletproof banking website.
jonnymkramer··on Show HN: Social Bar - A branded bar that follows links you share on social media
So you load the webpage in an iFrame? Many websites wont let themselves be loaded into an iFrame to defend against clickjacking. For example you can't share youtube videos with this.
jonnymkramer··on XSS + "Save your password" = pwned
His suggested fix will break work for sites that use AJAX on the login forms.

It is however an interesting vector as it will steal the password without any user interaction or knowledge.

jonnymkramer··on Eight Years of Firefox
hah weird seeing another UWE person on here. What are you doing now?
jonnymkramer··on How Google takes feedback
I find it annoying how you have to restart the tool for each individual element. Especially as you have to go through the How Does It Work screen every time. I think skipping the How Does It Work screen on subsequent pieces of feedback would be better.
jonnymkramer··on When startups compete, no one wins
So Facebook didn't win over ConnectU?
jonnymkramer··on On{X}: The Coolest Thing to Happen to Android. Courtesy of… Microsoft Israel?
It is a reference to the Old Spice adverts which where a viral marketing sensation a few months ago.
jonnymkramer··on Show HN: breeziee.com - add a paywall to any link for free
What happens if the hosting server, or web server drops the file? If someone pays for a file and they find it is unreachable they will have a negative view of your service.