AutoDigg Exploit Confirmed!

Posted by Miles Evans

I saw something quite amazing today, and had to make sure I wasn't seeing things before I posted this. This story might go away also so I figured I would get it up before digg pulls the rug out. If this is old news and has already been posted I apologize in advance.

As near as I can tell Jacob Dehart has h4x0r3d digg.com's inline voting tools. Having said that it also might not be that trivial to remedy. Am I crazy? Maybe:

1. Take a look at this submission to digg: http://digg.com/general_sciences/Scientists_Red_squares_really_are_ bigger_than_green_squares
2. Make sure you are logged in but DO NOT digg that story.
3. Now go to Jacob's site here: http://jacobdehart.com/red_square.html

You should have noticed that you automagically dugg that story. Go ahead confirm it. How cool is that? Here is a screen capture in case the page gets pulled or moved:

I poured through the javascript on Jacob's page but I couldn't find how he was doing this. I'm late for a trip so if anyone knows please let us know!

Posted Apr 30, 2007 at 02:59 PM | Permalink | Trackback URL | Del.icio.us | DIGG!