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New comment by elberto34 in "Aes256-Offline Encrypt/Decrypt"

elberto34 — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 14:18:56 +0000

Has anyone audited the AES implementation of this script?

It seems like a minified version of this:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mdp/gibberish-aes/master/d...

Aes256-Offline Encrypt/Decrypt

elberto34 — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 14:16:42 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/a3diti/aes256-offline

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28565765

Points: 1

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IRS chief says $1T in taxes goes uncollected every year

elberto34 — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 14:36:36 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/Economics/comments/muwlbm/irs_chief_says_1_trillion_in_taxes_goes/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26890203

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Censor almost any comment on Twitter with exploit, part 2

elberto34 — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 23:17:43 +0000

This technically does not fall under a bug bounty because I am exploiting a feature of twitter than than a coding vulnerability

Almost any comment on twitter can be suppressed and knocked below the page fold by spamming it with dozens of posts

Here is a video of it being done now

https://streamable.com/11qwbf

I targeted a comment under "Peter schiff" by user "sustain nova scotia".. I bombarded his comment with 70+ spam replies using a bot. You can see how it falls below the page fold and is hidden, instantly. Pretty sick trick huh?

It does not work on verified accounts though. Does not work on accounts that already have a lot of comments under them. Or on very established twitter users. But probably works on 90% of comments.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26470601

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by elberto34 in "Censor almost any comment on Twitter with unknown exploit"

elberto34 — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 01:15:40 +0000

i reproduced it targeting a random person and was able to get the comment hidden,,, yeah this is pretty bad

Censor almost any comment on Twitter with unknown exploit

elberto34 — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 00:17:14 +0000

I noticed something odd going on with twitter comments

Spammers have figured out a way to suppress comments on twitter by dumping a bunch of hidden comments in response to a comment. Think of it like negative SEO. Twitter interprets the influx of comments as spam and hides the post *which the comments are replying to. Because the accounts are private it is impossible to know what was posted, but it could be links to pornographic websites or contain vulgar language in order to trigger the spam filters and force twitter to hide the parent post.

But the point it, such censorship is possible. This can be used to suppress negative reviews, political dissent...anything, provided you know which type of spam comments trigger the post to be hidden. It can be done to anyone and you will not even notice unless you log out and check from another account.

Two videos showing that it is possible, but how it is possible is unknown unless you know what messages were posted and the type of account that posted them.

https://streamable.com/ucl5a4 (Elon Musk)

second video showing the same thing, but with spacex (not as detailed)

https://streamable.com/b3pol6

An Elon Musk spammer is using this method on another spammer. You can see how the comment vanishes after getting 12 of these comments. It is not visible anymore. This can be used on any comment in theory, not just spam ones.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26442581

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

Giant Twitter botnet scamming ppl

elberto34 — Sat, 13 Jun 2020 13:56:15 +0000

The extent of this network is enormous. It probably encompasses 100 accounts for posting purposes and as many as 1000 accounts for posting likes and retweets.

there is a lot of money in these crypto keywords which is why they are targeted

https://twitter.com/search?q=%23xrp&src=typed_query&f=live.

https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ripple&src=typed_query&f=live

it is also spamming trump's twitter too

https://twitter.com/Girogelderland/status/1271792320061550592

you can see the fake likes and retweets generated by hijacked accounts. This quite an impressive setup he has going.

It is hijacking into accounts to post hashtag spam. I have a hunch about how it is stealing the accounts although i have not yet tried it myself to confirm. There are obvious ethical issues to trying. It also hijacks accounts to post likes.

It is right in the open. Posting this in hope twitter employee will notice and try to stop it

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23509374

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Nearly half of Americans would have trouble finding $400 to pay for an emergency

elberto34 — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 12:23:07 +0000

Article URL: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/05/my-secret-shame/476415/?r&single_page=true

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13921511

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

I turned a traffic ticket into a constitutional trial

elberto34 — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 12:21:46 +0000

Article URL: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/01/op-ed-how-i-turned-a-traffic-ticket-into-the-constitutional-trial-of-the-century/#p3j

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13921499

Points: 90

# Comments: 14

New comment by elberto34 in "Enroute Airbus A380 wake flips Challenger business jet upside down"

elberto34 — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 13:16:38 +0000

I wonder the private plane had to be written off...was the damage that bad? It's like the plane broke apart ..maybe the probems were mostly internal

When Hillary and Donald Were Friends

elberto34 — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 23:45:15 +0000

Article URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/magazine/when-hillary-and-donald-were-friends.html?_r=0

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13881017

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Young people are now more likely to live with parents than a romantic partner

elberto34 — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 14:43:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/young-people-more-likely-to-live-with-parents-now-than-any-time-in-modern-history/2016/05/24/9ad6f564-2117-11e6-9e7f-57890b612299_story.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13867838

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by elberto34 in "How the World's Heaviest Man Lost It All"

elberto34 — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 11:33:05 +0000

the surgery makes it hard to eat a lot of food at once, but patients over many years adapt by eating smaller amounts continuously, and then the stomach pouch also expands and the small intestine becomes better at absorbing calories...this results in some and sometimes all original weight returning