http://www.devilsworkshop.org Orkut, MySpace, YouTube, Google, Adsense, Blogging, Linux, Window, Apple, Mobile, Firefox, Hacking ... Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:45:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en http://www.devilsworkshop.org/2008/07/20/bug-in-google-talks-gmail-chat-invisible-status-feature-hack/ http://www.devilsworkshop.org/2008/07/20/bug-in-google-talks-gmail-chat-invisible-status-feature-hack/#comments Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:34:55 +0000 Rahul Bansal http://www.devilsworkshop.org/?p=1467 Our reader, Anirudh Mehta, discovered a bug in Google Talk’s invisible status feature available in its Gmail Chat version. If use smartly, you can figure out if the girl next door is really invisible or avoiding you. Here are steps: Set the chat as off the record with target user (how?). Continue reading

Further Reading...

• Google added Invisible mode to Gmail Chat [Google Talk]
• Facebook Chat is Live Now…
• Gmail Lab Edition with 13 New Features!
• Using Facebook Invisibly - New Facebook Privacy Options!
• Google Apps for your domain - Use Gmail in mail.yourdomain.com!

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Further Reading...

• List of Orkuts Country Specific Sites
• Orkuts New Friends Finder - Find Friends From Any Email Account!
• Orkut - OpenSocial Apps Coming Officially To India!
• New Orkut Privacy Setting - Block Users from Selected Countries
• Making All Greasemonkey Scripts for Orkut Work Again!

]]> http://www.devilsworkshop.org/2008/07/06/orkut-countrywide-domain-side-effect-secure-connection-failed/feed/ http://www.devilsworkshop.org/2008/06/23/adding-custom-images-to-orkut-user-status-updates-new-bug/ http://www.devilsworkshop.org/2008/06/23/adding-custom-images-to-orkut-user-status-updates-new-bug/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:29:14 +0000 Rahul Bansal http://www.devilsworkshop.org/2008/06/23/adding-custom-images-to-orkut-user-status-updates-new-bug/ Update: This bug is fixed now. Details are here. I am closing comments to avoid unnecessary comments. A bug in orkut let you add custom images to Orkut’s status update feature as shown below… As you can see OrkutFeeds logo in above screenshot is not a standard smiley which orkut users Continue reading

Further Reading...

• Become Orkut Certified using Status Update Image Hack!
• Post Images, Videos and other HTML in Orkut Communities!
• Orkut Updates - Add Colors, Images, Videos, Podcasts, Audio and other HTML formatting in scraps!
• Orkut Added Facebook Like Status Updates Feature!
• End of Orkuts Status Update Message Image Hack!

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• 5 Best Torrent Search Engines + Google Trick for Torrent Search!
• FireTorrent : Firefox Extension for Downloading Torrents Without any external torrent client!
• 2 Best Free Web-Hosting Directories with Search Engine
• Useful web sites for torrents, software, games, etc downloads & free SMS!
• Best Sites To Compare Blogs, Forums, Wikis, CMS, Messengers and more!

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Further Reading...

• Alert: Yahoo Fake Login Screen is on Yahoo’s Geocities itself!
• How To Get Back Your Hacked Gmail/Orkut/Google Account!
• Orkut Showing Last Login Info to Secure Users!
• How To Log Out Clean & Safely From Internet Explorer [Security]
• New Orkut Bug Let Anyone Edit & Delete Photos of Any Orkut user [ALERT]

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• How To Log Out Clean & Safely From Internet Explorer [Security]
• How To Get Back Your Hacked Gmail/Orkut/Google Account!
• View Passwords Stored by Internet Explorer, Yahoo, Google Talk Messengers & Email Clients!
• 5 Simple Rules To Fight Against Phishing [Security]
• ALERT! indiatimes.com is insecure!

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• Passwords Are Like Underwear ;-) [Security Tip]
• How many Gmail Addresses You Have! [Gmail Trick]
• Gmail: Google brought extra Disks!
• Google Apps for your domain - Use Gmail in mail.yourdomain.com!
• 3 Free E-Mail Image-Signature Generators To Style Your Email Address!

]]> http://www.devilsworkshop.org/2008/05/20/5-simple-rule-to-fight-against-phishing-security/feed/ http://www.devilsworkshop.org/2008/04/18/orkut-album-bug-is-fixed-details-are-here/ http://www.devilsworkshop.org/2008/04/18/orkut-album-bug-is-fixed-details-are-here/#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:08:15 +0000 Rahul Bansal http://www.devilsworkshop.org/2008/04/18/orkut-album-bug-is-fixed-details-are-here/ Few hours back, I wrote about latest orkut album bug which enabled any user to delete anyone’s photo. Looked like orkut is reading this blog as a bug open from 4 days is now fixed temporarily. Anyway I feel its safe to unveil details now. As most of the stuff below is technical in nature, Continue reading

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• New Orkut Bug Let Anyone Edit & Delete Photos of Any Orkut user [ALERT]
• Orkut New Album Features - Edit All Captions At Once & Reorder Photos!
• Orkut Allows 10000 Photo Uploads in Albums
• Organize Photos into Album on Orkut - New Feature!
• Orkut Users Can Add Comments On Photos

]]> http://www.devilsworkshop.org/2008/04/18/orkut-album-bug-is-fixed-details-are-here/feed/ http://www.devilsworkshop.org/2008/04/18/alert-new-bug-in-orkut-albums-let-user-edit-anyones-image-captions-delete-photos-and-more/ http://www.devilsworkshop.org/2008/04/18/alert-new-bug-in-orkut-albums-let-user-edit-anyones-image-captions-delete-photos-and-more/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:43:17 +0000 Rahul Bansal http://www.devilsworkshop.org/2008/04/18/alert-new-bug-in-orkut-albums-let-user-edit-anyones-image-captions-delete-photos-and-more/ Update: This bug is temporarily fixed as of now. Details are here. Last few days had been really good for orkut with mobile version and lightweight version being launched as well as orkut apps unveiled in India. But now its time to get back to the bugs in Orkut, what keep it hot and (in)famous Continue reading

Further Reading...

• Orkut Album Bug is Fixed. Details are here!
• New Orkut Album Privacy Feature - Control Each Album Privacy Separately
• View Locked Orkut Album in Orkut Style!
• Organize Photos into Album on Orkut - New Feature!
• Orkut Allows 10000 Photo Uploads in Albums

]]> http://www.devilsworkshop.org/2008/04/18/alert-new-bug-in-orkut-albums-let-user-edit-anyones-image-captions-delete-photos-and-more/feed/ http://www.devilsworkshop.org/2008/04/03/how-to-log-out-clean-safely-from-internet-explorer-security/ http://www.devilsworkshop.org/2008/04/03/how-to-log-out-clean-safely-from-internet-explorer-security/#comments Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:35:33 +0000 Rahul Bansal http://www.devilsworkshop.org/2008/04/03/how-to-log-out-clean-safely-from-internet-explorer-security/ If you are a firefox user then you may surprise to read this post. Unlike firefox where single menu option Tools >> Clear Private Data clears everything, in Internet Explorer 6.0 the situation is worse than one can possibly imagine. Of course, a firefox user will never go back to Internet Continue reading

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• Google Browser Sync - Get YOUR Firefox From Anywhere In The World!
• ALERT! indiatimes.com is insecure!
• Multiple Firefox Profiles at the same time - Firefox Command-line arguments trick!
• View Passwords Stored by Internet Explorer, Yahoo, Google Talk Messengers & Email Clients!
• How To Get Back Your Hacked Gmail/Orkut/Google Account!

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