112 points right now and still no one has confirmed the exploit is working... What happened to the good old "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence"?
I saw this in the morning on my phone with a tiny screen. I couldn't read it properly but figured that since it already had so many votes up, it must be legit, therefore important. So I hit the upvote button too. I know, I'm an idiot! :-D My apologies for playing a part in pushing this up.
I'm more amazed you think you're so brilliant but you don't understand how Hacker News works. People vote up stuff they find interesting, not stuff they know 100% is the truth so-help-you-god.
People think this is interesting. I voted it up. I have no idea if it's true. I don't think a up-vote has ever been code for "also, this is 100% true"
Well, upvoting means I think it is interesting. You usually dont upvote hoaxes I hope (especially the unfunny one).
This is clearly an hoax in the first form (JS exploit).
At most (if real) it is just an exploit of a specific browser (version) on a specific OS. If you go on «hacker» news, I am very surprised you have no IT culture. I suggest you should read http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/ if you want untrustworthy sensational news, and consider not upvoting when you are clueless on a topic.
Less noise, more signal is a very old hacker motto. You obviously don't get it.
