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Major ICQ security hole (1998)

https://opennet.ru/base/maillist/169.txt.html
21•sysoleg•2d ago

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SillyUsername•2d ago
So this is how my low numbered account was stolen back in the day - thanks for sharing.
rashkov•59m ago
Can’t believe I still remember my ICQ id
gersonazgo•26m ago
I read your comment and realized I also do haha lol lfmao rofl
aussieguy1234•6m ago
If it happened to me, my next move would be to steal it back
taspeotis•56m ago
Rewrite it in Rust
mannycalavera42•46m ago
Tooooooooooooooooooooooooot! (startup jingle, good mems)
compass_copium•45m ago
>When a password of 9 or more characters is sent, their buffer is over-run, and it allows you to log in.

Man, computers used to be fun

mingus88•35m ago
It really was a fun time. I remember sitting in a coffee shop just sniffing WiFi traffic.

A friend was a reporter for the local paper and interviewed the mayor. I turned my laptop around and showed my friend the mayors imap password. Just right there floating through the air.

saadn92•30m ago
Yep, now everything is done through agents unfortunately.
nubinetwork•17m ago
Unix crypt only accepted 8 characters and ignored the rest. If your password was 123456789, it was considered the same as 12345678a.
chuckhend•39m ago
Uh oh!

Muse Spark Open

https://research.meta.ai/blog/muse-spark-open
585•bigwheels•6h ago•327 comments

What I Self-Host

https://viceconsole.fyi/blog/2026/10/10/what-i-self-host/
211•BrunoBernardino•3h ago•115 comments

Neural networks are clean

https://already-clean.goodfire.com/
472•themgt•8h ago•182 comments

Someone on Torrent Sites Kept Fucking with My Sonarr

https://thereallo.dev/blog/someone-on-torrent-sites-kept-fucking-with-my-sonarr-setup
199•speckx•4h ago•80 comments

Wayland desktop for Linux with skeuomorphic design

https://github.com/fyzugx/DEsk
477•FinalDestiny•10h ago•194 comments

Jev meets the Trolley Problem

https://zachlandes.com/trolley-problem/
268•zlandes86•7h ago•126 comments

AdFection: Targeted ads turned into a pipeline for zero-click mercenary spyware

https://citizenlab.ca/research/how-discover-tech-turned-targeted-ads-into-a-pipeline-for-spyware/
375•jcomp•13h ago•538 comments

New Withings Users Must Pay $99/Year for Apple Health Syncing

https://support.withings.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/51887047154577-Unacceptable-Apple-Health-Sy...
144•johnbehnke•4h ago•116 comments

Krea 3 – An image model built for editing at scale

https://www.krea.ai/krea-3
232•dvrp•8h ago•78 comments

The 8-mile hole in a Hawaii national park that no one can explain

https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/hawaii-volcanoes-park-great-crack-22358849.php
33•elsewhen•1d ago•25 comments

Celebrating 70 Years of Fortran

https://fortran-lang.org/news/2026/09-15-Fortran-birthday/
207•rbanffy•9h ago•94 comments

E Ink Kaleido 4

https://www.eink.com/news/detail/EInk-Launches-Latest-Version-of-Color-ePaper-Platform-E-Ink-Kale...
117•Perroboc•5h ago•69 comments

Why I Wrote PGP (1991, revised 1999)

https://philzimmermann.com/EN/essays/WhyIWrotePGP.html
100•GaryBluto•1d ago•39 comments

Major ICQ security hole (1998)

https://opennet.ru/base/maillist/169.txt.html
21•sysoleg•2d ago•11 comments

Delta’s Biscoff cookies were supposed to be temporary

https://www.seriouseats.com/biscoff-history-12168161
172•mhb•2d ago•141 comments

Libreboot 26.10 "Ominous Olive" released with UEFI, Chromebook support

https://libreboot.org/news/libreboot2610.html
250•iamnothere•11h ago•145 comments

Apple routed a graphite pipe through the iPhone Duo's hinge to dissipate heat

https://www.pcmag.com/news/apple-routed-a-graphite-pipe-through-the-iphone-duos-hinge
8•giuliomagnifico•2d ago•0 comments

BeBox is a Haiku application that emulates Be Inc.'s BeBox

https://github.com/johnrash/bebox
6•rguiscard•57m ago•1 comments

The engineering that allows articulated buses to bend

https://www.theautopian.com/you-wont-believe-the-incredible-engineering-that-allows-articulated-b...
66•CharlesW•23h ago•35 comments

U.K. Sanctions Cryptomus for RU Money Laundering

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/10/u-k-sanctions-cryptomus-for-ru-money-laundering/
5•Bender•1h ago•0 comments

Show HN: Unfenced – Land for sale that borders public land

https://unfenced.land/
250•otherwatersflow•12h ago•171 comments

Using AI to reverse engineer hardware

https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2026/10/15/aiandreverseengineerhardware/
93•ErenayDev•9h ago•104 comments

Steam Client is now faster than Epic's new vibe coded launcher

https://respawnfirst.com/steam-client-is-now-faster-than-epics-new-vibe-coded-launcher/
272•starkparker•8h ago•273 comments

An Apology

https://www.elevationlab.com/blogs/news/an-apology
100•cdrnsf•19h ago•119 comments

Show HN: Flipflop – Iroh-powered persistent tunnels for filesharing

https://github.com/andunieee/flipflop
105•andunie•19h ago•60 comments

Wanted to download an ISO, ended up writing a kernel exploit

https://blog.dfb.sh/blog/eap770-root-for-two-zeros/
344•0xdeafbeef•2d ago•170 comments

Simons Foundation launches $15M effort to help mathematicians navigate AI era

https://www.simonsfoundation.org/news/simons-foundation-launches-15m-effort-to-help-mathematician...
224•aaraujo002•9h ago•182 comments

Show HN: Proa – A Rust web framework with fast SSR and multi-target rendering

https://proa.so/
88•burnrate•8h ago•25 comments

C++26 Contracts: Introduction to Preconditions and Postconditions

https://www.cppstories.com/2026/cpp26_contracts/
125•ibobev•11h ago•114 comments

I know why the mathematicians weep

https://www.derekthompson.org/p/i-know-why-the-mathematicians-weep
338•RickJWagner•10h ago•552 comments