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Faking votes on Hacker News
Hacker News is a site where users vote on links. When someone clicks on an up or down vote, their browser sends a GET request that looks like this: GET /vote?by= joesmith dir=upfor=8765309 A user can only vote if the by parameter matches their Hacker News login cookie. So for a third…
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Society, Policy & CultureSecurity & Privacy2009
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2009 | Faking votes on Hacker News by critic | 66 | 58 |
