Smugmug Private Photos are for Anyone to See
Apparently the popular photo sharing site Smugmug has a huge security hole that could allow anyone with a bit of common sense to access private photos on Smugmug. The basic problem here is that Smugmug uses URL’s for public and private galleries in a way that can be easily guessed. And whats even more shameful is that the people behind the site are aware of this issue, but they seem to be too keen to say that this is intended behavior. If seeing private photos via publicly accessible URL’s is... Read The Rest →
Facebook Apps On Any Website : Smart Move
Facebook on Friday announced yet another feature that could allow the developers of Facebook Apps, to take it possibly to the next level by allowing them to create Apps that would work on any website out there. All this is done through a simple JavaScript library that the developers could use to display their apps on other website’s. Here is what Wei Zhu of Facebook had to say about the new library Since the library does not require any server-side code on your server, you can now create a Facebook... Read The Rest →
Disable WordPress Version and Plugin Update Checking
If you are a WordPress 2.3 User, and you want to disable the feature of Update checking, that has been requested by the WordPress community for ages now. If you are a person who is concerned about the privacy, then I suggest you check out these plugins that will prevent the checking for updates. Disable WordPress Core Update Completely disables the core update checking system which is a new feature in WordPress 2.3. The plugin prevents WordPress from checking for updates, and prevents any notifications from being displayed in the... Read The Rest →
FoxyProxy : Proxy for Firefox gets a lot easier
Are you a student? Are you a working employee? Are Sites like MySpace, GMail etc blocked in your school or workplace. If yes and you want to access blocked sites you need to use a proxy. Traditionally Proxy has been a very difficult thing to use for lay users. But incase you are using Firefox then you stand to make your proxy life just a little better. What is FoxyProxy? Want fine-grained control over which websites load through proxies? Live in Belarus, Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, North Korea, Saudi... Read The Rest →
