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Justinsomnia
Personal blog · justinsomnia.orgsecurityweb
Justinsomnia is a personal blog at justinsomnia.org about security and web. Since 2007, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times, most often “Hotel Wifi JavaScript Injection”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-01-03, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked posts cover web and technology topics: why QR codes are slow to load, how a day can be other than 86,400 seconds, and the security and ad-injection issues of web traffic.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Hotel Wifi JavaScript Injection3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2012-04-05
- Why does that QR Code go to justinsomnia.org?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-01-27
What Hacker News says?
> > Web services are 'in' because that's the only way software can't be pirated. > That is cognitive dissonance. If your revenue is derived from advertising then users installing ad blocking software is revenue-equivalent to users pirating your software. The fact that it's legal for users to do when piracy is not provides no support for argument that ad-supported services are on stronger financial footing. It is not…
Comment linking /2012/04/hotel-wifi-javascript-injection/
on “Adobe Spyware Reveals Again the Price of DRM: Your Privacy and Security”Submitted Why does that QR Code go to justinsomnia.org? as a story · 309 points
HN discussionIn addition to thwarting state-sponsored attacks mentioned by geofft, HTTPS also prevents ISPs and hotels from injecting ads[1,2]. And using HTTPS even for logged-out users prevents an attacker from sslstripping[3] the link to the login page, which is good because even the most careful users won't always notice when a login page is suddenly served over an insecure connection. As a user of HN, I appreciate these secu…
Comment linking /2012/04/hotel-wifi-javascript-injection/
on “Show HN: Hacker News' “most unique support email of 2014””Submitted Hotel Wifi JavaScript Injection as a story · 249 points
HN discussionI scanned a "more info" QR code once on a commercial building rental advertisement and was amused that the result was a direct link to a PDF file that had the floor plan of the building and nothing else. I guess I should have been happy that at least it wasn't a link to Justinsomnia. ( http://justinsomnia.org/2011/03/why-does-that-qr-code-take-m... )
Comment linking /2011/03/why-does-that-qr-code-take-me-to-justinsomnia-org/
on “Dear Marketers: Enough with the QR codes”Submitted Hotel WiFi JavaScript Injection (2012) as a story · 89 points
HN discussionWhat you're saying may be PayPal's reasoning but there needs to be some pushback on that. There are very legitimate uses of VPNs, not for providing anonymity, but for tunneling your way out of hostile networks. Everyone should use a VPN when they travel so they don't have to worry about things like insecure WIFI [1] or hotels injecting ads into web pages [2]. It would be reasonable for PayPal to forbid use of anonym…
Comment linking /2012/04/hotel-wifi-javascript-injection/
on “PayPal terminated my account because I use a VPN”Submitted Search Engine Marketeers are the new script kiddies as a story · 15 points
HN discussionAsking Google: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=why+are+there+not+always+8... Here's some reading: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7552104/is-a-day-always-8... http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12516059/php-timestamp-in... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day http://justinsomnia.org/2007/03/yesterday-was-only-82800-sec...
Comment linking /2007/03/yesterday-was-only-82800-seconds-long/
on “GitHub search of 84600 seconds, oops...”Submitted Why does that QR Code go to justinsomnia.org? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why does that QR Code go to justinsomnia.org? (2011) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Eighteen Quintillion YouTube Videos as a story · 2 points
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