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Worst CAPTCHA ever. Trivial for a computer to work out, hard for a human.


Worst as in least effective, but best as in most amusing.


Worst sense of humor ever?


He doesn't want to have to disappear, to never see his friends or family again. He is going to a country which will hopefully allow him to live openly.


It's almost as if what was first written as a Magic the Gathering Online Trading platform isn't a bulletproof banking website.


So you load the webpage in an iFrame? Many websites wont let themselves be loaded into an iFrame to defend against clickjacking. For example you can't share youtube videos with this.


We check if a website allows embedding before creating the short link. In case embedding is forbidden we redirect to the web page itself, so we can still track analytics for that link (you'll also get a message about that in the dashboard).


His suggested fix will break work for sites that use AJAX on the login forms.

It is however an interesting vector as it will steal the password without any user interaction or knowledge.


>His suggested fix will break work for sites that use AJAX on the login forms. I forgot about AJAX, I was wrong. >It is however an interesting vector as it will steal the password without any user interaction or knowledge. I am trying to say it here.


hah weird seeing another UWE person on here. What are you doing now?


I couldn't find a decent grad role in Bristol so I ended up in London, where I've since settled. I'm a dev after graduating in 2004 with a Computing and Information Systems degree. Since I graduated I realise that a few my UWE lecturers were really good. I didn't see the point in being asked to read Kent Beck and Martin Fowler or what I'd learn from substituting Slackware Linux's ls for my own shoddy implementation, but now I see that those visiting lecturers from Rolls Royce and Airbus knew what I'd need to know in the real world. Doing a Sandwich course and spending a year writing production code for Pfizer was beneficial too. You?

http://ejb.name


Wow, two fellow UWE people! I had to go back and double check what I was reading!


I find it annoying how you have to restart the tool for each individual element. Especially as you have to go through the How Does It Work screen every time. I think skipping the How Does It Work screen on subsequent pieces of feedback would be better.


Thanks. Would indeed be a small change that helps to improve the flow a lot.


We just deployed a change. When you give feedback for a second time (when you are still in the feedback flow), you won't see the intro dialog anymore.


So Facebook didn't win over ConnectU?


It is a reference to the Old Spice adverts which where a viral marketing sensation a few months ago.


> a few months ago

February 2012, actually. Wow.


What happens if the hosting server, or web server drops the file? If someone pays for a file and they find it is unreachable they will have a negative view of your service.


I suppose you could file a case with PayPal.


you could check the link immediately prior to accepting payment, and show a 'sorry, file is gone :-(' error page if not found.


Good idea, I'll look into it. Thanks!


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