Business schools redefine hacking to “stuff that a 7-year-old could do” (2005)

Re:Business schools redefine hacking to “stuff that a 7-year... by omnipresent1 on Friday July 10, 2009 @03:58PM (#698264)

I wonder how ApplyYourself found out which students took a peek? Were they dumb enough not to implement access at the Gatekeeper level but smart enough to some how keep a track, if someone did?

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Re:Business schools redefine hacking to “stuff that a 7-year... by mquander on Friday July 10, 2009 @04:04PM (#698279)

It seems probable that they just looked at the BusinessWeek forums on which the exploit was posted, and denied the applicants who they saw discussing it.

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Re:Business schools redefine hacking to “stuff that a 7-year... by omnipresent1 on Friday July 10, 2009 @04:06PM (#698281)

If thats the case, its very unreliable. Denying admission based on a post on a forum...gotta love the digital age.

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Re:Business schools redefine hacking to “stuff that a 7-year... by mquander on Friday July 10, 2009 @04:21PM (#698297)

In an age when many employers seem happy to deny employment based on social networking profile posts and pictures, I suggest that it might teach them an important lesson about the presence of foolish people in positions of power.

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Re:Business schools redefine hacking to “stuff that a 7-year... by tptacek on Friday July 10, 2009 @04:18PM (#698291)

Keeping track of what URLs people are hitting is trivial on any application server.

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Re:Business schools redefine hacking to “stuff that a 7-year... by blasdel on Saturday July 11, 2009 @12:55AM (#698826)

That presupposes not just that ApplyYourself is in any way competent (evidence points to dubious), but that they are at all communicative with the admissions grunts.

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