▲ 1372 ▼ Tesseract dev injects malicious code into browser to illegally DDOS the dbzer0 instance (thelemmy.club) submitted 1 month ago by Quokka@quokk.au to c/fediverse@lemmy.world 487 comments fedilink hide all child comments As part of the devs farewell message on their site, they have included malicious code to make each visitor sends 2,000 requests to the dbzer0 servers in an attempt to DDOS and take the instance offline.
[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 50 points 1 month ago (3 children) I still don't know what Tesseract is and now I guess I don't need to care. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 29 points 1 month ago (2 children) It's a frontend. So literally a skin to make a website look prettier and more organized. Imagine a waiter starts telling customers what foods they are allowed to eat. He wasn't the chef, the manager, the owner, anybody. That's how stupid it was. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 month ago More like the waiter starts crossing out everything on the menu that’s not to their taste and telling the diners the kitchen ran out. It was an overstep of authority AND total dishonesty. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago* (1 child) And then when the customer pushed back against his advice, he added rat poison to their order. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AzuranAurora@piefed.ca 12 points 1 month ago And then shit on the floor screaming about how it's all the customer's fault that he's losing his job, before storming out of the restaurant. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lanske@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago Same! permalink fedilink source parent [–] jaygray91@piefed.zip 7 points 1 month ago (1 child) It's a front end to change the UI of lemmy, and others like lemmy. you can see some examples of others here: https://www.lemmyapps.com/ . Filter by web app to see some of the other popular ones. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) So a client like Sync et al? Or something slightly different? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jaygray91@piefed.zip 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) It kind of is, considering it's still an app of sorts, but using the web browser. I just keep using "front end" because that's what others call it. I see it like an app. but yeah, it's to change the UI if you don't like the default lemmy UI. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) Ah like an extension? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jaygray91@piefed.zip 2 points 1 month ago* Don't have to install anything. Some instance make it the default though, but I think most front end like Voyager or Alexandrite (or tesseract since we are discussing it) you can visit their web page and point your home instance to use their UI. Edit; I'm copying a comment someone else made here https://piefed.zip/comment/6322459 since it's pretty consise than what I explained 😅 It's a frontend. So literally a skin to make a website look prettier and more organized. Imagine a waiter starts telling customers what foods they are allowed to eat. He wasn't the chef, the manager, the owner, anybody. That's how stupid it was. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 29 points 1 month ago (2 children) It's a frontend. So literally a skin to make a website look prettier and more organized. Imagine a waiter starts telling customers what foods they are allowed to eat. He wasn't the chef, the manager, the owner, anybody. That's how stupid it was. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 month ago More like the waiter starts crossing out everything on the menu that’s not to their taste and telling the diners the kitchen ran out. It was an overstep of authority AND total dishonesty. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago* (1 child) And then when the customer pushed back against his advice, he added rat poison to their order. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AzuranAurora@piefed.ca 12 points 1 month ago And then shit on the floor screaming about how it's all the customer's fault that he's losing his job, before storming out of the restaurant. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 month ago More like the waiter starts crossing out everything on the menu that’s not to their taste and telling the diners the kitchen ran out. It was an overstep of authority AND total dishonesty. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago* (1 child) And then when the customer pushed back against his advice, he added rat poison to their order. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AzuranAurora@piefed.ca 12 points 1 month ago And then shit on the floor screaming about how it's all the customer's fault that he's losing his job, before storming out of the restaurant. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AzuranAurora@piefed.ca 12 points 1 month ago And then shit on the floor screaming about how it's all the customer's fault that he's losing his job, before storming out of the restaurant. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jaygray91@piefed.zip 7 points 1 month ago (1 child) It's a front end to change the UI of lemmy, and others like lemmy. you can see some examples of others here: https://www.lemmyapps.com/ . Filter by web app to see some of the other popular ones. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) So a client like Sync et al? Or something slightly different? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jaygray91@piefed.zip 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) It kind of is, considering it's still an app of sorts, but using the web browser. I just keep using "front end" because that's what others call it. I see it like an app. but yeah, it's to change the UI if you don't like the default lemmy UI. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) Ah like an extension? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jaygray91@piefed.zip 2 points 1 month ago* Don't have to install anything. Some instance make it the default though, but I think most front end like Voyager or Alexandrite (or tesseract since we are discussing it) you can visit their web page and point your home instance to use their UI. Edit; I'm copying a comment someone else made here https://piefed.zip/comment/6322459 since it's pretty consise than what I explained 😅 It's a frontend. So literally a skin to make a website look prettier and more organized. Imagine a waiter starts telling customers what foods they are allowed to eat. He wasn't the chef, the manager, the owner, anybody. That's how stupid it was. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) So a client like Sync et al? Or something slightly different? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jaygray91@piefed.zip 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) It kind of is, considering it's still an app of sorts, but using the web browser. I just keep using "front end" because that's what others call it. I see it like an app. but yeah, it's to change the UI if you don't like the default lemmy UI. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) Ah like an extension? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jaygray91@piefed.zip 2 points 1 month ago* Don't have to install anything. Some instance make it the default though, but I think most front end like Voyager or Alexandrite (or tesseract since we are discussing it) you can visit their web page and point your home instance to use their UI. Edit; I'm copying a comment someone else made here https://piefed.zip/comment/6322459 since it's pretty consise than what I explained 😅 It's a frontend. So literally a skin to make a website look prettier and more organized. Imagine a waiter starts telling customers what foods they are allowed to eat. He wasn't the chef, the manager, the owner, anybody. That's how stupid it was. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jaygray91@piefed.zip 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) It kind of is, considering it's still an app of sorts, but using the web browser. I just keep using "front end" because that's what others call it. I see it like an app. but yeah, it's to change the UI if you don't like the default lemmy UI. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) Ah like an extension? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jaygray91@piefed.zip 2 points 1 month ago* Don't have to install anything. Some instance make it the default though, but I think most front end like Voyager or Alexandrite (or tesseract since we are discussing it) you can visit their web page and point your home instance to use their UI. Edit; I'm copying a comment someone else made here https://piefed.zip/comment/6322459 since it's pretty consise than what I explained 😅 It's a frontend. So literally a skin to make a website look prettier and more organized. Imagine a waiter starts telling customers what foods they are allowed to eat. He wasn't the chef, the manager, the owner, anybody. That's how stupid it was. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) Ah like an extension? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jaygray91@piefed.zip 2 points 1 month ago* Don't have to install anything. Some instance make it the default though, but I think most front end like Voyager or Alexandrite (or tesseract since we are discussing it) you can visit their web page and point your home instance to use their UI. Edit; I'm copying a comment someone else made here https://piefed.zip/comment/6322459 since it's pretty consise than what I explained 😅 It's a frontend. So literally a skin to make a website look prettier and more organized. Imagine a waiter starts telling customers what foods they are allowed to eat. He wasn't the chef, the manager, the owner, anybody. That's how stupid it was. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jaygray91@piefed.zip 2 points 1 month ago* Don't have to install anything. Some instance make it the default though, but I think most front end like Voyager or Alexandrite (or tesseract since we are discussing it) you can visit their web page and point your home instance to use their UI. Edit; I'm copying a comment someone else made here https://piefed.zip/comment/6322459 since it's pretty consise than what I explained 😅 It's a frontend. So literally a skin to make a website look prettier and more organized. Imagine a waiter starts telling customers what foods they are allowed to eat. He wasn't the chef, the manager, the owner, anybody. That's how stupid it was. permalink fedilink source parent
