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WhiteHoodHacker
Personal blog · whitehoodhacker.net/postssecurityprogramming
WhiteHoodHacker is a personal blog at whitehoodhacker.net about security and programming. Since 2021, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “IoT hacking and rickrolling my high school district”. The last post was in 2021, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog's post "The Big Rick" about a rickroll prank, which one commenter connected to a news story about students using a rickroll prank to expose computer security flaws.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
I am a security researcher studying Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Most-linked posts?
- IoT hacking and rickrolling my high school district6 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2021-10-05
What Hacker News says?
Looks like this was a email broadcasting thing? Reminds me of an incredible rickroll I read about earlier. Well worth a read if you haven’t already. https://whitehoodhacker.net/posts/2021-10-04-the-big-rick
Comment linking /posts/2021-10-04-the-big-rick
on “Minneapolis students use “Rickroll” prank to highlight computer security flaws”Submitted IoT hacking and rickrolling my high school district as a story · 1912 points
HN discussionSubmitted IoT Hacking and Rickrolling My High School District as a story · 5 points
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HN discussionSubmitted IoT Hacking and Rickrolling My High School District as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted IoT Hacking and Rickrolling My High School District as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted IoT Hacking and Rickrolling My High School District as a story · 1 points
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