[ale] [OT] Respect the EVIL!

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Thu Aug 21 08:36:33 EDT 2008


Underscores the problems with closed, proprietary, third-party code. Gotta
have flash. Can't make 'em fix it. Can't deactivate unwanted "features". Bad
situation.

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 5:10 AM, William Bagwell <rb211 at tds.net> wrote:

> On Wednesday 20 August 2008, aaron wrote:
> > Today's Ink Pen strip was "spot on"...
>
> Speaking of evil, did any one notice this on Slashdot?
> Flash Ads Launching Clipboard Hijack Attacks
> http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/20/0029220
>
> Apparently designed to target both IE and Firefox on any platform. I was
> disappointed to see the demo also works with Konqueror. No big deal if
> your paying attention and you only have to close the tab not the browser
> to stop it. But Konqueror!? <sniff>
> --
> William
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