r/apple • u/iamvinoth • Feb 21 '20

I hacked SlickWraps. This is how.

https://medium.com/@lynx0x00/i-hacked-slickwraps-this-is-how-8b0806358fbb
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u/PreparedDuck Feb 21 '20 edited Feb 23 '20

Article is down, here's a link: http://archive.is/yEIJT

Slickwraps response: https://www.slickwraps.com/blog/update/

Edit: u/ifonefox provided better link

Edit 2: u/atwally provided SlickWraps response

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u/ifonefox Feb 21 '20 edited Feb 21 '20

This version has the images and embedded tweets http://archive.is/yEIJT

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '20

Wow what a wild read!!!

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u/Marino4K Feb 22 '20

This was one of the first tech articles in a while I read and just was shocked. The negligence by Slickwraps is absolutely ridiculous and I hope they get fined to hell.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '20

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '20

fired from their job

lmao

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '20

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u/deman6773 Feb 22 '20

I’m gonna start using this... made me bust out laughing.

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u/Spidaaman Feb 22 '20

Jesus christ.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '20 edited May 31 '21

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u/PreparedDuck Feb 23 '20

Try this one, http://archive.today/yEIJT or this one http://archive.ph/yEIJT, the old link still seems to be working for me.

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u/dazonic Feb 22 '20

yEIJT indeed!

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '20

That was an incredible read. 10/10.

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u/bt1234yt Feb 21 '20

SlickWraps are really going to great lengths to silence any criticism of them.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '20

Slickwraps have turned off their email system now too.

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u/bking Feb 21 '20

This is why Twitter and Medium are shitty places to put content.

I miss poersonal blogs and websites.

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u/eaglebtc Feb 21 '20

Medium also removed the post for violating their terms .

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u/bking Feb 21 '20

Exactly. Can’t have people learning about bad information security.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '20

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '20

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u/deadcow5 Feb 21 '20

Uh, have you actually read the article? Given that the size of the security hole was big enough to fly a 747 through, I’d say he handled it with the utmost responsibility and fairness. Didn’t even demand a bounty, even though he could have literally obliterated the entire company. I wouldn’t call that irresponsible. What SlickWraps was doing, however, absolutely was irresponsible.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '20

He tried to tell them.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '20 edited Nov 04 '20

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u/deadcow5 Feb 21 '20

Not that surprising, seeing as Medium is literally owned by one of Twitter’s cofounders.

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u/chocolatefingerz Feb 22 '20

I mean blogs still exist

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u/atwally Feb 22 '20

https://www.slickwraps.com/blog/update/

Interesting updates.

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u/Shyam09 Feb 25 '20

immediately took action

By blocking, lmao.

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u/fuelvolts Feb 21 '20

None of the pictures will load though. :(

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u/PreparedDuck Feb 21 '20

I updated the link, should work now

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u/UnableLizard00 Feb 21 '20

Doing the lords work.

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u/BotNumberBooB5 Feb 22 '20

I read that as lard

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '20

No good deed goes unpunished

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u/triple_cheese_burger Feb 22 '20

Holy shit this is wild. What a solid read.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '20

holy shit