michaelx386

As someone currently learning C++ the biggest surprise was finding out about C++11/14. I'd assumed that the language hadn't changed for decades so it's great to see it still being updated.

One thing which comes to mind is the DNS settings on the Chromecast can't be modified so being able to change them could help get around regional restrictions.

That quote might be by RiderOfGiraffes:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1626405

There are some interesting issues already appearing on GitHub for this, buffer overflows and SQL injections. Hopefully open sourcing this should make it more secure as well as free to use.

I've been looking at networking libraries recently so this news has come at a good time.

Thank you for this explanation. It makes sense to me now as before I would have expected the "<.*>" approach to make it safe. It's a shame browsers are so resilient :)

Does anyone know how to submit corrections to Google? I've not been able to find a way after noticing a few mistakes on Google's XSS help page. There are a few examples using an image tag but the tags haven't been closed properly:

https://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/learning/xss/index....

e.g. "Now, enter <img src='' onerror="alert(document.cookie);" and hit 'Share status!'."

Ghostery is an excellent piece of software but it caused me a few issues. For instance I logged in to my bank and couldn't view any statements. It was Ghostery blocking something so I whitelisted the site. Not a big issue but it took me some time to realise it wasn't a problem with my bank's website.

I went on to uninstall Ghostery because I was worried the unpredictable behaviour it introduces might cause some frustrating issues, particularly when going through a process like filling out a long online form only for it to fail at the end.