stephen.mason.jones

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Thank you for the quick reply -- I'll implement that now :) Based on your experience, would you say anything above 1:10 flags:votes would be suspicious, or should I target something lower/higher? A...

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One additional question, in regards to other people creating inappropriate programs through the bot, what would be a reasonable enforcement strategy? For example, if a project was shadowbanned by t...

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This is very true. I just want to avoid accusing someone who may be completely unrelated. Until we know for sure if he even is the perpetrator I think we should assume innocence :) After all, it ...

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They do, it's just that bookmarklets have complete control since they exist outside of KA's control. All KA can do is prevent people from putting new ones in their websites.

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That post message is just to trigger a editor save, it's how twitch.ka operates. Anything inside the program is incredibly safe, it's bookmarklets that have more permissions. Evan Lewis is aware o...

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Oh! And I guess the most obvious: make sure that the bookmarklet was made by a trustworthy person (an anonymous person posting a bookmarklet is very suspicious).

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A few thoughts: 1. Unminify the code with something like js prettifier 2. If there's a string of random characters it's instantly suspicious (probably storing base 64 encoded code) 3. Anything gra...

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There isn't really any reliable way though to detect javascript adding links. There's so many ways to do it, and it can be obfuscated using changing variables and eval.

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I was also just thinking, see if you can snag the program ID from your browsing history. Otherwise it might be impossible for the devs to find the program...

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But do any of you still have the bookmarklet bookmarked? That's what most likely contains the malicious code, the program was probably more of the method of delivery.