Shady Stories

One of my favorite artist Lee Joel Bermejo has updated his blog with something that has put me head over heels with excitement. I loved his work with Brian Azzarello in The Joker and Lex Luthor. Now Lee is working on one of the most ambitious project - Before Watchmen. Here's a snippet from Lee J. Bermejo's official Blog.

Rorschach's journal: January 2nd, 2012

Streets are covered in snow, as if it could somehow hide the filth underneath. Saw homeless man frozen to death on subway grate on the corner of 42nd and 9th. Icicles coming out of frozen nostrils and burst blood vessels in open eyeballs. Winter only quiets sound of malcontent, perversion, and sickness. Spring is coming soon enough, when the junkies, prostitutes, and parasites will thaw and their disgusting, rancid flowers will bloom. Summer. Summer is worse. In the end, content that winter keeps most horrid truths indoors. At least inside, arms and fingers break behind closed doors...

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This blog post is targetted to every one using Facebook. Yes, I am putting my privacy as well as of many others at stake over here but people NEED to be informed about this. Also, I am aware that my method can use this method to stalk other people and steal photo. But what the heck, the information is right up there, on the Internet.

 Several "Social Media" fanatics have been using Facebook and Twitter to communicate with strangers and friends. These people, especially girls, are least aware about privacy and security concerns related to these social networks. 

I have pleaded several individuals to change the file names of the images they upload as Twitter Avatar or display picture. Here's the actual way how any nefarious nuisance creator/stalkers can reach your Facebook profile and steal information or harrass you by sending Friendship request.

Typical Twitter Display Photo URL: (dummy URL)

https://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_images/1750068488/312204_10150282077977314_502877313_7927464_1213368742_n.jpg

This is how a typical Twitter Avatar or Display Photo URL looks like. Note the numbers (312204_10150282077977314_502877313_7927464_1213368742_n) that precede the .jpg file name. It is the file name of the image you must have saved from somewhere (Facebook).

Typical Facebook Image URL:

https://fbcdn-photos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/312204_10150282077977314_502877313_7927464_1213368742_n.jpg

Note the similarity on the numbers before (312204_10150282077977314_502877313_7927464_1213368742_n) .jpg in this URL?

This directly hints that the Twitter display picture is indeed take from a Facebook Profile. But whose Facebook profile?

In the following file name: 312204_10150282077977314_502877313_7927464_1213368742_n.jpg, the number after the second underscore is the Profile ID of the user. 

In this case: the Profile ID is 502877313. 

Now if you simply put that number in Facebook Profile URL, you get - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=502877313

Yes, that is my Facebook Profile.

Hereby, I plead all those who have read to AVOID using the same file name for the photos downloaded from Facebook. Change the file name wherever you upload the photos again. 

Google rolled out a new 'cleaner' and minimalistic like look for  its popular email service - Gmail. Several Gmail users did not appreciate this change while others are still figuring it out. I love the new look.

Hats off to the Google software developers and designers who worked so hard on the redesign. However, I have a small suggestion for them. Please remove or merge this extra gear if you know what I mean. Why would I have two options to access same feature - Mail Settings?

Set One: DC and Marvel comic superhero symbols

Download them from here.

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On October 19, Google and Samsung will officially launch the Galaxy Nexus smartphone with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich that promises pure Google Android experience.

While browsing through multiple sites, I was shocked to see the pricing of this upcoming Galaxy Nexus handset.