Subject: Thank you, Tomash! (nm)
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Posted on: 2018-10-25 16:00:00 UTC
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Don't open user profiles on fanfiction.net at this time by
on 2018-10-24 05:13:00 UTC
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Per this Reddit post (which got linked in the chat) and this followup, someone has found a way to inject Javascript into user profiles. Viewing an infected user profile will infect your profile with the code and probably delete some stuff/redirect you somewhere/who knows at this point?.
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They'd better not be messing with my FFN profile... by
on 2018-10-25 23:22:00 UTC
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...That's my job. Thanks for the heads up.
- The issue is apparently resolved by on 2018-10-25 20:05:00 UTC Reply
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Yikes... by
on 2018-10-25 18:09:00 UTC
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Thanks for the heads up, please keep us posted on updates.
Is this a recent thing? Does it matter if you go I to your own account/settings page? Will it still happen on mobile devices?
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Thank you, Tomash! (nm) by
on 2018-10-25 16:00:00 UTC
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Glad to see this posted to the Board. by
on 2018-10-25 00:59:00 UTC
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I've finally gone ahead and kicked the FRN bucket with this, to be honest. Which is to say, done withmy FFN profile, though it'll still be a good place for badfic hunting as long as the JS exploit stays on profiles.
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...I had to typo again. by
on 2018-10-25 01:00:00 UTC
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*FFN
I think I need a beta for posts. (And I'm only half-joking.) -
What about the rest of effefnet? (nm) by
on 2018-10-24 15:26:00 UTC
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Should be fine, as far as I can tell (nm) by
on 2018-10-24 16:03:00 UTC
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Thanks (nm) by
on 2018-10-24 22:33:00 UTC
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