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January 17, 2005
~slashdot:"you'll start formatting your hard drive the minute you visit my Web page"
Slashdot | Brian Hook on the ActiveX Experience
Posted by Hemos on Monday January 17, @09:32AM
from the poorly-made-and-maintained dept.
Obiwan Kenobi writes "Brian Hook of id software fame got around to developing on ActiveX and found some minor grievances, particularly in the security department. To quote: "I've been doing some ActiveX coding on the side for a couple days, stuff I'm not familiar with, and I'm just flat out _appalled_ at how bad that entire API and design is. I can make an OCX that basically formats your hard drive, stick it on a Web page with a tag, and if your security settings are set low enough, you'll start formatting your hard drive the minute you visit my Web page.""
Posted by cystdog at January 17, 2005 11:32 AM
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