mikeecb

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   by mikeecb 9y ago

   I changed the Chromium browser (as a masters project) to intercept suspicious extension actions like inserting elements etc and to alert users of what the extension is attempting to do. Using this proof-of-concept browser would have helped
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   by mikeecb 9y ago

   They've made efforts to make it more isolated though [1]. It seems like Firefox isn't going in this direction. [1]: https://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/site-is...
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   by mikeecb 9y ago

   One of the reasons the Chrome browser uses one process per tab is so that memory between web-pages is isolated. By doing this, an attacker in control of a renderer process cannot read data from another renderer process (web-page). It seems
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   by mikeecb 9y ago

   The website claims to have 25k users [1]. [1]: https://pinboard.in/tour/
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   by mikeecb 11y ago

   "rm -rf / - make computer faster" - so evil
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   by mikeecb 12y ago

   But the cost of incorporating is really tiny isn't it (£15 in the UK where I live)? And I'm thinking about what users think seeing an app created by a person vs a company
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   Ask HN: Starting a company for new app

   2 points by mikeecb 12y ago|4 comments
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   Ask HN: Not requiring users to sign up

   3 points by mikeecb 12y ago|1 comments
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   Criticise my first iPhone app, jetwaves(itunes.apple.com)

   3 points by mikeecb 12y ago|0 comments