Friendittoheads

[weaktwos]

Okay, so folks are talking about this Frienditto stuff. Particularly scarcrest and lunza.

Here's what scarcrest provided as information:

For more info on what frienditto is, and why it sucks, go here:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/lori/430544.html


This sounds like a very invasive service. Not only are your entries preserved on this site, but other entries you have access to. I hope y'all don't use it.

Comments

[scrapdog.livejournal.com]

D'oh. It is not a good idea to even post this, IMHO. Spreading the word that it is bad is spreading the awareness that the tool exists, and then soon everyone will know about it (including those malicious people who would have not known about it otherwise.)

(I know firsthand how fast shit spreads on LJ... I once wrote a tool, told a few people, and within 24 hours had 40000 hits on my webserver... and within 36 hours the [false] rumors that I write trojans had gotten back to me. Heh heh.)

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

Since I wasn't the first to know about it, the information is already out there. Now I want people to know why it is dangerous so they don't sign up for it and put their posts at risk.

[dawneywawney.livejournal.com]

Security by obscurity won't work. Especially in this case, where LJ is ablaze about this tool.