Flickr website cracked ( 5 am EST in the US)-> 1
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CinqDemi
CinqDemi writes "Wednesday 9/19/2007 5:00 am EST USA — See the screen capture of the Flickr website being gently but nonetheless really hacked at http://www.flickr.com/photos/nycandre/1406764940/
Notice the black Pirate flag on the upper left of the image, covering the "Flickr Loves you" message. This is probably a form of protest from Flickr users against censorship, especially in Germany.
Personal opinion, Flickr is between a rock and a hard place, it does have to protect itself against legal threats in the countries where it operates. In the US at least I have not seen any bad forms of censorship — I would say it tends to be rather lax.
The only bad snafu I heard of is from Flickr *not* supporting Rebekka when she expressed outrage on her stream that a London gallery had been stealing her pictures. In that instance Flickr apologized and redressed the situation.
I would imagine this incident will wake people up on the real lack of security of many internet related projects. And hopefully will not be exploited for "incorrect" forms of censorship — it is already a shame that no significant action has been taken against spammers."
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