I was wondering when someone would hook Wikipedia up with the many ages-old networking tools to do this.
I've done things like this by hand a couple of times, but this looks like a really decent integration.
New Software Exposes Who s Been Hacking Wikipedia
2I just always assumed it was that stupid clocker bob fuck.
New Software Exposes Who s Been Hacking Wikipedia
3thunderingbackside wrote:I just always assumed it was that stupid clocker bob fuck.
Maybe next someone can come up with a way to track sockpuppets on phpBB boards.
tocharian wrote:Cheese fries vs nonexistence. Duh.
New Software Exposes Who s Been Hacking Wikipedia
4Sockpuppets that dumb track themselves. It's a fine byproduct of laboratory inbreeding.
New Software Exposes Who s Been Hacking Wikipedia
5This story just turned up on the BBC site too. Apparently, the Vatican has been editing the entry on Gerry Adams. And this was noted too:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6947532.stm
The site also indicates that a computer owned by the US Democratic Party was used to make changes to the site of right-wing talk show host Rush Limbaugh.
The changes brand Mr Limbaugh as "idiotic," a "racist", and a "bigot". An entry about his audience now reads: "Most of them are legally retarded."
The IP address is registered in the name of the Democratic National Headquarters.
A spokesperson for the Democratic Party said that the changes had not been made on its computers. Instead, they said that the "IP address is the same as the DCCC".
The DCCC, or Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, is the "official campaign arm of the Democrats" in the House of Representatives and share a building with the party.
"We don't condone these sorts of activities and we take every precaution to ensure that our network is used in a responsible manner," Doug Thornell of the DCCC told the BBC News website.
Mr Thornell pointed out that the edit had been made "close to two years ago" and it was "impossible to know" who had done it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6947532.stm
New Software Exposes Who s Been Hacking Wikipedia
6Such is the nature of Wikipedia. It's great if you want information about a band or a pornstar - but otherwise I would consider all the information on there as dubious at best - especially anything of a political nature.
New Software Exposes Who s Been Hacking Wikipedia
7Uhhh, this is old news. Anyone can edit it. Shit, if I had a bunch of money I'd hire someone to fuck around with the information in wikipedia too.
New Software Exposes Who s Been Hacking Wikipedia
8wow. democrats, catholics, and politicans have access to the internet.
it's true. i read it online.
interesting news story if you're really smart like stewie or really stupid like tv news viewers. everyone else couldn't care less.
it's true. i read it online.
interesting news story if you're really smart like stewie or really stupid like tv news viewers. everyone else couldn't care less.