Comments on: Two dudes seeking "maximum lols" charged in AT&T iPad hack case http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/two-dudes-seeking-ma.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 07:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/two-dudes-seeking-ma.html#comment-998657 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998657 So your intent matters. All you need to get arrested here was a number generator (e.g. 1..100000000) and something that gets webpages. #!/bin/bash for number in `seq 1 100000000` do wget ....$number done Boom, you're a hacker. Now fill in the blanks for intent and you are under arrest! Here's my question, why isn't anyone complaining about AT&T being irresponsible with their personal information? These guys are not very technical yet they get thrown under the train. So your intent matters. All you need to get arrested here was a number generator (e.g. 1..100000000) and something that gets webpages.

#!/bin/bash
for number in `seq 1 100000000`
do
wget ….$number
done

Boom, you’re a hacker. Now fill in the blanks for intent and you are under arrest!

Here’s my question, why isn’t anyone complaining about AT&T being irresponsible with their personal information? These guys are not very technical yet they get thrown under the train.

]]> By: semiotix http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/two-dudes-seeking-ma.html#comment-998404 semiotix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998404 No, I'm not trolling you. I don't care if they invented the emoticon--there have to be rules, dammit! Carelessness with l33t-speak, lolspeak, and twitterese is what gave us abominations like "ROFLCOPTER" and "laughter OL." Wait, if I was trolling you, that would be good for some lulz. Okay, I was trolling you. LOL I TROL U! No, I’m not trolling you. I don’t care if they invented the emoticon–there have to be rules, dammit! Carelessness with l33t-speak, lolspeak, and twitterese is what gave us abominations like “ROFLCOPTER” and “laughter OL.”

Wait, if I was trolling you, that would be good for some lulz. Okay, I was trolling you. LOL I TROL U!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/two-dudes-seeking-ma.html#comment-998662 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998662 From http://i.cdn.turner.com/dr/teg/tsg/release/sites/default/files/assets/ipadhackcomplaint.pdf The phrase "D8" means to be deeply involved in an activity or to perform an activity to the fullest extent possible. I didn't realize that emoticon meant that. http://www.urbandictionary.com/products.php?term=D8&defid=166045 Maybe those who write such documents could use Google first? From http://i.cdn.turner.com/dr/teg/tsg/release/sites/default/files/assets/ipadhackcomplaint.pdf

The phrase “D8″ means to be deeply involved in an activity or to perform an activity to the fullest extent possible.

I didn’t realize that emoticon meant that.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/products.php?term=D8&defid=166045

Maybe those who write such documents could use Google first?

]]> By: jphilby http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/two-dudes-seeking-ma.html#comment-998675 jphilby Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998675 @Anon #14: Exactly. @Anon #14: Exactly.

]]> By: Clayton http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/two-dudes-seeking-ma.html#comment-998942 Clayton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998942 Lol. I kinda like "Laughter OL" I am more lenient, though. I think early adopters and inventors of such things (as well as anyone else, really) should be able to do whatever they darn well please with the l33t. Lol. I kinda like “Laughter OL”

I am more lenient, though. I think early adopters and inventors of such things (as well as anyone else, really) should be able to do whatever they darn well please with the l33t.

]]> By: Forkboy http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/two-dudes-seeking-ma.html#comment-998456 Forkboy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998456 My ROFLCOPTER goes SOI SOI SOI My ROFLCOPTER goes SOI SOI SOI

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/two-dudes-seeking-ma.html#comment-998725 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998725 You betrayed the lols! You betrayed the lols!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/two-dudes-seeking-ma.html#comment-998470 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998470 Weev lives in Arkansas? Hah. Weev lives in Arkansas? Hah.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/two-dudes-seeking-ma.html#comment-998489 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998489 Some kids 'won' by getting AT&T to take their customers' security seriously. Oh but that was embarrassing to AT&T so they need to go to jail, AT&T need to enforce that because they care about their customers so much - despite this clear evidence that they don't. Some kids ‘won’ by getting AT&T to take their customers’ security seriously.
Oh but that was embarrassing to AT&T so they need to go to jail, AT&T need to enforce that because they care about their customers so much – despite this clear evidence that they don’t.

]]> By: omnifrog http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/two-dudes-seeking-ma.html#comment-998518 omnifrog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998518 I think the best quote on this subject was from the ABC news article: http://j.mp/exLND8 "ABC News contacted the Goatse site, and did not get a response." What exactly was the response ABC News was looking for? I think the best quote on this subject was from the ABC news article:

http://j.mp/exLND8

“ABC News contacted the Goatse site, and did not get a response.”

What exactly was the response ABC News was looking for?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/two-dudes-seeking-ma.html#comment-998838 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998838 I'm pretty sure they achieved maximum lols I’m pretty sure they achieved maximum lols

]]> By: a_user http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/two-dudes-seeking-ma.html#comment-998860 a_user Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998860 I think the issue is more they didn't contact AT&T before contacting the media making them look bad, combined with the two guys trying to figure an angle. I think the issue is more they didn’t contact AT&T before contacting the media making them look bad, combined with the two guys trying to figure an angle.

]]> By: Avram / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/two-dudes-seeking-ma.html#comment-998614 Avram / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998614 Now wait just a minute there, <b>Willie McBride</b>, You know well as I do, there's laws nation-wide Against swiping data with these kinds of hacks; It's not something special for iPads and Macs. Whether pros, or just script-kids, for LOLs or for gain, The fellows who practice such legerdemain Get found and arrested again and again, And again and again and again and again. Now wait just a minute there, Willie McBride,
You know well as I do, there’s laws nation-wide
Against swiping data with these kinds of hacks;
It’s not something special for iPads and Macs.
Whether pros, or just script-kids, for LOLs or for gain,
The fellows who practice such legerdemain
Get found and arrested again and again,
And again and again and again and again.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/two-dudes-seeking-ma.html#comment-998871 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998871 It wasn't Apples bad, it was AT&T's bad. For the record. It wasn’t Apples bad, it was AT&T’s bad. For the record.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/two-dudes-seeking-ma.html#comment-998361 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998361 Their parents must be so proud. Their parents must be so proud.

]]> By: iratecat http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/two-dudes-seeking-ma.html#comment-998363 iratecat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998363 Off topic, but... Is that an actual ipad running OS X? Off topic, but…

Is that an actual ipad running OS X?

]]> By: Felton / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/two-dudes-seeking-ma.html#comment-998876 Felton / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998876 Hahaha! Thanks for the LOLs, Avram. Hahaha! Thanks for the LOLs, Avram.

]]> By: semiotix http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/two-dudes-seeking-ma.html#comment-998365 semiotix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998365 Idiots! First of all, it's "lulz." Not "LOLs" or "lols." Get it right, jerks. You do it for the <i>lulz</i>. Also... I'm sure the rest of what they did was bad, too. Idiots! First of all, it’s “lulz.” Not “LOLs” or “lols.” Get it right, jerks. You do it for the lulz.

Also… I’m sure the rest of what they did was bad, too.

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/two-dudes-seeking-ma.html#comment-998622 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998622 I love the way that they did this to hook up with Gawker Media "facecrook" friends to go to a Gawker party. LAMEZ 2 TEH MAXXX! I love the way that they did this to hook up with Gawker Media “facecrook” friends to go to a Gawker party.

LAMEZ 2 TEH MAXXX!

]]> By: Stooge http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/two-dudes-seeking-ma.html#comment-998372 Stooge Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998372 I assume it's a VNC client. I assume it’s a VNC client.

]]> By: Niklas http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/two-dudes-seeking-ma.html#comment-998375 Niklas Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998375 Most likely connected to a Mac with a VNC client. Most likely connected to a Mac with a VNC client.

]]> By: Clayton http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/two-dudes-seeking-ma.html#comment-998377 Clayton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998377 I can’t believe I am doing this, but… Both of these guys are OG trolls and were hanging around the likes of 4chan for half a decade before people like Xeni caught on and coopted and copied and pasted their memes all over your mom and dad's internet. In other words, it’s not unreasonable to guess they were in on the conversations where “for the lulz” was coined. Was I just trolled? I can’t believe I am doing this, but…

Both of these guys are OG trolls and were hanging around the likes of 4chan for half a decade before people like Xeni caught on and coopted and copied and pasted their memes all over your mom and dad’s internet. In other words, it’s not unreasonable to guess they were in on the conversations where “for the lulz” was coined.

Was I just trolled?

]]> By: Willie McBride http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/two-dudes-seeking-ma.html#comment-998381 Willie McBride Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998381 The usual Apple double standard. If they had discovered a vulnerability like this one in any other vendor's product or service nothing would've happened and nobody would've thought to prosecute them, but if you tangentially involve Apple, you're done and the Apple shills will bay for your blood. The usual Apple double standard. If they had discovered a vulnerability like this one in any other vendor’s product or service nothing would’ve happened and nobody would’ve thought to prosecute them, but if you tangentially involve Apple, you’re done and the Apple shills will bay for your blood.

]]> By: imag http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/two-dudes-seeking-ma.html#comment-998895 imag Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998895 In my sleepy morning haze, I thought Antinous wrote that and was stunned :) Nice work, BTW. We need more rhymes around here... In my sleepy morning haze, I thought Antinous wrote that and was stunned :)

Nice work, BTW. We need more rhymes around here…

]]> By: Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/two-dudes-seeking-ma.html#comment-998384 Xeni Jardin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998384 http://boingboing.net/2010/04/03/behold-osx-on-ipad-w.html http://boingboing.net/2010/04/03/behold-osx-on-ipad-w.html

]]> By: bersl2 http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/two-dudes-seeking-ma.html#comment-998385 bersl2 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998385 FREE WEEV FREE WEEV

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/two-dudes-seeking-ma.html#comment-998386 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998386 Except this time it's AT&T, not Apple. Except this time it’s AT&T, not Apple.

]]> By: double_tilly http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/two-dudes-seeking-ma.html#comment-998905 double_tilly Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998905 "The breach ... exposed the most exclusive email list on the planet, a collection of early-adopter iPad 3G subscribers that includes thousands of A-listers in finance,politics and media, from New York Times Co. CEO Janet Robinson to Diane Sawyer of ABC News to film mogul Harvey Weinstein to Mayor Michael Bloomberg. It even appears that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's information was compromised." LOL “The breach … exposed the most exclusive email list on the planet, a collection of early-adopter iPad 3G subscribers that includes thousands of A-listers in finance,politics and media, from New York Times Co. CEO Janet Robinson to Diane Sawyer of ABC News to film mogul Harvey Weinstein to Mayor Michael Bloomberg. It even appears that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s information was compromised.”

LOL

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