Time 100 most influential people poll hack

Undertoad · 04-28-2009, 10:21 AM

Great story on how Anonymous hacked the Time poll. They made Moot, the 4chan admin, the most influential person in the world. But that wasn't enough; they also controlled the first 21 entries:

To do this, not only did they use automated voting, they did a very sophisticated analysis of the ReCAPTCHA system so that they could continue to pwn the poll after Time took extreme measures to prevent it.

Pie · 04-28-2009, 10:25 AM

Anything hoping to speak with more authority than the slashdot poll du jour has no business being conducted online.

Still, tremendously cool hack! Colbert wishes he was this cool.

SteveDallas · 04-28-2009, 10:49 AM

Wait, you're saying you don't trust the slashdot poll du jour??

classicman · 04-28-2009, 11:21 AM

That is priceless! I saw that poll and couldn't believe that he won. There were so many other more "high profile" people people on the list.

Hey maybe we could get them to vote for Diz

04-28-2009, 02:10 PM

Hahahahaha best message ever

I have to say, I love Anon. just because of the sheer useless banality of what they do. Sort of a richly ironic counterpoint to all the "real" information out there. Because in the end, "Marblecake also the game" is at least as meaningful as 99% of all media content.

That is some kick-ass Hodge.

Clodfobble · 04-28-2009, 03:31 PM

So I'm obviously clueless... what's the pop-culture reference for "Marblecake also the game?"

04-28-2009, 04:10 PM

Marblecake is an IRC channel, and the game is a meta-game of trying to make people think of the game.

Clodfobble · 04-28-2009, 05:27 PM

As in, "whoever thinks of the game, loses?"

Interesting. My stepdaughter was playing that with her brother the other weekend. Except I know she has no direct connection to anyone who knows about that sort of thing. Must have come through another kid in class, via their parents...

04-29-2009, 12:07 PM

The Game has been around forever... it's not just an internet gag.

If she starts talking about the cake being a lie, etc... worry.

ZenGum · 04-29-2009, 08:21 PM

Damnit, you just made me lose the game again.

Clodfobble · 04-29-2009, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tiki

If she starts talking about the cake being a lie, etc... worry.

HA! Too late. She watched Mr. Clod play significant portions of Portal, adored the final theme song, and went so far as to hunt it down on Youtube and memorize the lyrics.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-30-2009, 12:28 AM

Oh, that is evil.

TheMercenary · 05-02-2009, 11:57 AM

Another example of why people who post polls as having some sort of statistical significance are wrong.

04-28-2009, 10:21 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Time 100 most influential people poll hack Great story on how Anonymous hacked the Time poll. They made Moot, the 4chan admin, the most influential person in the world. But that wasn't enough; they also controlled the first 21 entries: To do this, not only did they use automated voting, they did a very sophisticated analysis of the ReCAPTCHA system so that they could continue to pwn the poll after Time took extreme measures to prevent it.

04-28-2009, 10:25 AM	#2
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Anything hoping to speak with more authority than the slashdot poll du jour has no business being conducted online. Still, tremendously cool hack! Colbert wishes he was this cool. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

04-28-2009, 11:21 AM	#4
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	That is priceless! I saw that poll and couldn't believe that he won. There were so many other more "high profile" people people on the list. Hey maybe we could get them to vote for Diz __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

04-28-2009, 03:31 PM	#6
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	So I'm obviously clueless... what's the pop-culture reference for "Marblecake also the game?" __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

04-28-2009, 05:27 PM	#8
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	As in, "whoever thinks of the game, loses?" Interesting. My stepdaughter was playing that with her brother the other weekend. Except I know she has no direct connection to anyone who knows about that sort of thing. Must have come through another kid in class, via their parents... __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

04-28-2009, 10:49 AM	#3
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Wait, you're saying you don't trust the slashdot poll du jour??

04-28-2009, 02:10 PM	#5
Tiki Guest Posts: n/a	Hahahahaha best message ever I have to say, I love Anon. just because of the sheer useless banality of what they do. Sort of a richly ironic counterpoint to all the "real" information out there. Because in the end, "Marblecake also the game" is at least as meaningful as 99% of all media content. That is some kick-ass Hodge.

04-28-2009, 04:10 PM	#7
Tiki Guest Posts: n/a	Marblecake is an IRC channel, and the game is a meta-game of trying to make people think of the game.

04-29-2009, 12:07 PM	#9
Tiki Guest Posts: n/a	The Game has been around forever... it's not just an internet gag. If she starts talking about the cake being a lie, etc... worry.

04-29-2009, 08:21 PM	#10
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Damnit, you just made me lose the game again. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

04-30-2009, 12:28 AM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Oh, that is evil. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-02-2009, 11:57 AM	#13
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Another example of why people who post polls as having some sort of statistical significance are wrong. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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