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nathanmockon A former Uber engineer's disaster story

Fun fact: I was able to access a bunch of employee admin screens in early 2015 because of the client side architecture of the app. I noticed around a year later the architecture had changed and always wondered if my article had a role in the transition

http://nathanmock.com/archives/how-i-accessed-employee-setti...

nathanmockon Introducing MetaReader – MetaFilter iOS Client

OP here, 10 free promo codes! http://redeemco.com/g/metareader_8jmx/ Thanks for your feedback!

nathanmockon YC/HN Meetup in Austin, March 27th

Wish this was during SXSW!

nathanmockon Uber Database Breach Exposed Information of 50,000 Drivers, Company Confirms

This is a good point, but there should be more awareness towards the issue as a whole. I've seen many apps who expose data dangerously. Some developers may not be aware that these values are exposed (even with SSL), so they should architect their apps accordingly, reinforcing the fact that you should never trust the client. I also briefly touch on the fact about this dynamic architecture and some of the implications it brings.

nathanmockon Uber Database Breach Exposed Information of 50,000 Drivers, Company Confirms

I accidentally stumbled upon employee admin screens, all by changing a key, isAdmin = true. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9121004

nathanmockon How I Accessed Employee Settings on Uber

Author here: I was able to access employee settings for Uber Technologies, not just employee driver settings.

nathanmockon For $45 Per Month, All the Coffee You Can Drink

What's to stop me from buying coffee for all my friends as well?

nathanmockon Retrieve info about artists/play mixes

This is my first open source iOS app. Completed in about 8 hours. Would love to get your feedback. Looking forward to your contributions. Enjoy!

nathanmockon Instago – the easiest way to explore photos at any location

Good observation, now that's attention to detail!