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  • Dell computers bundled with backdoor that blurts hardware fingerprint to websites (Mo' Badness)

    11/24/2015 6:50:06 PM PST · by dayglored · 16 replies
    The Register ^ | Nov 25, 2015 | Shaun Nichols
    Analysis Dell ships Windows computers with software that lets websites slurp up the machine's exact specifications, warranty status, and other details without the user knowing. This information can be used to build a fingerprint that potentially identifies a person while she browses across the web. It can be abused by phishers and scammers, who can quote the information to trick victims into thinking they're talking to a legit Dell employee. And, well, it's just plain rude. A website created by a bloke called Slipstream - previously in these pages for exposing security holes in UK school IT software - shows...
  • HIGH Fashion Alert!

    01/26/2005 8:09:40 AM PST · by Dallas59 · 61 replies · 1,520+ views
    Yapoo ^ | 1/26/05 | Yapoo
    I can throw clothes in the washer with Elmers glue, chewing gum, scissors and bleach too you know...But nobody has paid me anything for my "creations"....yet.