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Re: Spammer from moderation queue (Member 14587324) - gone

11-Sep-19 2:04

Identical forum and QA posts, both site driving to a "agile training" site: Member 14587324 - Professional Profile[^]

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Michael Haephrati11-Sep-19 8:42

Michael Haephrati

11-Sep-19 8:42

gone

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Wannabe article "Supply Chain Management" (Tredence) - gone

Peter_in_278011-Sep-19 1:25

Peter_in_2780

11-Sep-19 1:25

Supply Chain Management[^] from Tredence - Professional Profile[^]

Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012

modified 11-Sep-19 14:50pm.

Spam Article (how to make money) by Julien Lemarchand

Richard MacCutchan11-Sep-19 0:21

Richard MacCutchan

11-Sep-19 0:21

French marketing: Comment gagner de l'argent avec le marketing d'affiliation ?[^]
By Julien Lemarchand - Professional Profile[^]

Re: Spam Article (how to make money) by Julien Lemarchand - Gone

jeron111-Sep-19 4:32

jeron1

11-Sep-19 4:32

"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
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Spam would be article ("Hidden Features in C#", Member 14586911) - gone

OriginalGriff10-Sep-19 20:19

Spammer from moderation queue (AdnanAtSapphire) - gone

10-Sep-19 20:19

Hidden Features in C#[^]
From: Member 14586911 - Professional Profile[^]
Initially, I thought "just a pile of links to SO, that's poor."
Then I spotted the last bit: "For more stuff click here" - which links to his site.
Spam then.

Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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modified 11-Sep-19 8:40am.

OriginalGriff10-Sep-19 19:55

Spam / Abuse in the lounge ("VISWESWARAN1998") - gone

10-Sep-19 19:55

Diamond rings: AdnanAtSapphire - Professional Profile[^]

Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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modified 11-Sep-19 8:39am.

OriginalGriff10-Sep-19 19:48

10-Sep-19 19:48

The Lounge[^]
From VISWESWARAN1998 - Professional Profile[^]

Found a security loophole to steal paid for course materials, and wants to share it.

Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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modified 11-Sep-19 8:39am.

Richard MacCutchan10-Sep-19 22:08

Richard MacCutchan

10-Sep-19 22:08

Are you sure, the link to the message seems to have gone? I just looked at his profile and he has two articles and many messages to his credit.

OriginalGriff10-Sep-19 22:23

10-Sep-19 22:23

The message was posted in the Lounge and consisted of "I found a security hole and I've already downloaded a months worth of paid for course material for free so I thought I'd share it with you. Here's the link" (or similar - it was hours ago).
It's since been closed, so I deleted it to tidy up the forum.

Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Richard MacCutchan10-Sep-19 22:37

Richard MacCutchan

10-Sep-19 22:37

visweswaran_199811-Sep-19 3:30

11-Sep-19 3:30

Please help me sir apologies. I won't post again sir. Cry | :((

Michael Haephrati11-Sep-19 8:46

Michael Haephrati

11-Sep-19 8:46

Did you open a new Code Project profile?

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visweswaran_199811-Sep-19 15:46

11-Sep-19 15:46

Yes sir just to reply for these messages and get back my original id sir. Cry | :((

please help me sir. LinkedIn has acknowledged me for my findings but they are reporting me as spammer. Help me sir. Rose | [Rose]

See sir, I got acknowledged by LinkedIn itself.

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:6577242532684632064?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28ugcPost%3A6577242532684632064%2C6577705934615904256%29

Sean Ewington12-Sep-19 5:47

Sean Ewington

12-Sep-19 5:47

I'm afraid we don't abide your actions and agree with your removal from the site.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

CHill6011-Sep-19 1:31

CHill60

11-Sep-19 1:31

And there you are, #2 on the list of people he wants to thank for ever! Laugh | :laugh:

OriginalGriff11-Sep-19 1:41

11-Sep-19 1:41

Only #2? I shall have to try harder! Big Grin | :-D

Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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visweswaran_199811-Sep-19 21:27

11-Sep-19 21:27

Please help me sir Cry | :((

CHill6011-Sep-19 22:56

CHill60

11-Sep-19 22:56

@Nelek has tagged the site admin in a comment below this a couple of hours ago.

When their working day starts (in about 4 to 5 hours) then they may choose to look at the entire thread. If they think your account should be recovered then they are in a position to do so.

I am not able to "help" in any way, nor would I. I believe that you have been unethical in your behaviour... on at least two unrelated sites.

visweswaran_199811-Sep-19 23:00

11-Sep-19 23:00

No sir no unethical behavior sir kindly help me Cry | :((

Re: Spam / Abuse in the lounge ("VISWESWARAN1998") - gone

CHill6012-Sep-19 1:35

CHill60

12-Sep-19 1:35

Did you not read my response?

Quote:
If they think your account should be recovered then they are in a position to do so.

Quote:
I am not able to "help" in any way

Only the site admin can do anything about reinstating your account

visweswaran_199811-Sep-19 3:24

Re: Spam / Abuse in the lounge ("VISWESWARAN1998") - gone

11-Sep-19 3:24

I am not a spammer apologies for posting the message sir I thought it will help some one. I will not do this again please open my account sir Cry | :((

I have two articles posted and are good ones having nice stars.

https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/5162378/Antivirus-Part-2

https://www.codeproject.com/Tips/1179918/CyberGod-An-Antivirus-in-Cplusplus-for-Windows-and

https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1160315/Web-scraping-with-Python-Part-I

I also had some accepted answers but forget the links to them. please forgive me and give me my account back sir, I wanted to post another article..

Rose | [Rose]

OriginalGriff11-Sep-19 4:07

Re: Spam / Abuse in the lounge ("VISWESWARAN1998") - gone

11-Sep-19 4:07

You posted a link saying "Go here, you can steal stuff. I did!"

Do you think that was a responsible thing to do? Heck, do you think the theft by you was responsible on it's own? What would you feel if you wrote an app, I took a copy, renamed it, stuck it up on the Play store, and started pulling down $50K a month in ad revenue? And then posted a message saying "this guy writes good stuff, but his security is rubbish - steal his code and make yourself some money. I did!"

Would you be a happy bunny?

Actions have consequences.

Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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visweswaran_199811-Sep-19 4:21

Re: Spam / Abuse in the lounge ("VISWESWARAN1998") - gone

11-Sep-19 4:21

No sir, I am not stealing....

I have reported to them, this is what they told me:

Hi ,


Thanks for your report. We're aware of the current design. There are controls in place to prevent this from being abused at scale. Also, please note that the download link to the content is accessible only for a limited period of time. We do not consider this to be a security issue.

Thanks for reaching out.

cheers,
Emmanuel Law
LinkedIn Information Security Response Center

So I thought it as a method to get videos and posted it. I have also posted the video publically by tagging them if you could see the video if you know it. They can also see it nobody steals publically sir. I just want to let them know.

And they realized and thanked me!

VISWESWARAN 1998 <visweswaran.nagasivam98@gmail.com>
	
11:01 AM (8 hours ago)
	
to LinkedIn
I don't know what you are saying but everyone of other researchers are saying it is a bug: See more

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/visweswaran-nagasivam-975a8b167_kirstybonner-bug-jobs-activity-6577243206126268416-6L-X

I have contacted you early(before making public) disclosing ethically but you said it is not a security flaw or is is actually a trick or something we can use to download. I don't know sir/ma'am as I am not a much of security expert.

I won't encourage someone stealing 50K dollar privately sir, but if some one let me know that it can be stealed I will appreaciate him sir. Sorry for my bad English, it is not my first language sir. Cry | :((

visweswaran_199811-Sep-19 4:18