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Best "short-term" hack still in prod?
Week 134 Group Rant
IAmNotARobot
6y

Found this 2 years old beauty today:

public boolean hasPermission(User user, Permission permission){
// TODO
return true;
}

The author quit last year.

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  • 11
    6y
    Beautiful
  • 4
    6y
    What a fucking tool.
  • 18
    6y
    That reminds me of the super-secret admin page that I found this app that I inherited a few years ago. Zero auth, could change any setting just by knowing the URL.
  • 2
    6y
    Wow, that's... gross.
  • 4
    6y
    @xJvf what's funny is I actually found one of those on a custom blog CMS for my school. I notified them of it anonymously a while ago but they still haven't fixed it. I am able to change the text of any of their articles.
  • 1
    6y
    @nathan815 Add the text "Please Fix Me" in red on multiple pages...?
  • 0
    6y
    What if it was a trap in vengueance to get fired? I can’t imagine another explanation
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