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When you browse Instagram and find former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's passport number

Posted by petrichor
Tags: social media, security, australia, tony abbott, hacking, instagram, passports, prime ministers, identification, author.alex hope, long read
https://mango.pdf.zone/finding-former-australian-prime-minister-tony-abbotts-passport-number-on-instagram

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Authors
mangopdf (Alex Hope)
Published
Sep 15 2020
Word count
8335 words

5 comments

  1. [4]
    Odpop
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    That was pretty interesting to read, who is this dude? His writing style was pretty entertaining EDIT: just did a bit of searching, this is him apparently. He did a talk on PyCon as well where he...

    That was pretty interesting to read, who is this dude? His writing style was pretty entertaining

    EDIT: just did a bit of searching, this is him apparently. He did a talk on PyCon as well where he talked about graphing when your Facebook friends are awake

    EDIT2: anybody have an idea about the password protected mango.pdf file? Have been going at it for 10 minutes now but can't seem to find it

    9 votes
    1. [3]
      p4t44
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      Try going right-click inspect element on the link to the PDF file.

      EDIT2: anybody have an idea about the password protected mango.pdf file? Have been going at it for 10 minutes now but can't seem to find it

      Try going right-click inspect element on the link to the PDF file.

      3 votes
      1. [2]
        Odpop
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        Ahh fuck, I can't believe I missed that. Had gone through the entire pages html -_- Any idea what sort of encryption/hash is that? Am not a security guy not sure how to decode it

        Ahh fuck, I can't believe I missed that. Had gone through the entire pages html -_-

        Any idea what sort of encryption/hash is that? Am not a security guy not sure how to decode it

        1 vote
  2. unknown user
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    Ah, aviation booking management portals and Amadeus I/O codes. Given how terribly strict security tries to be physically at airports, it's remarkable just how comparatively the aviation web is a...

    Ah, aviation booking management portals and Amadeus I/O codes. Given how terribly strict security tries to be physically at airports, it's remarkable just how comparatively the aviation web is a wild west of leaky colanders and trivial access to "private" information. Loved this blog post though, Alex did a great job and the prose of this article is humorous and enjoyable.

    5 votes