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arik-so / tsa

tsa

A TSA random arrow generator

2Distinct people
2Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
59GitHub stars
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What it is

A TSA random arrow generator

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

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Observed mentions: 2016-04-05 03:21:43 UTC to 2016-04-05 03:22:06 UTC.

0122016-04-05 03:00:00 UTC to 2016-04-05 04:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 commentsApr 5, 03:00

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What Hacker News says

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Agreed. I was curious as to how the random numbers were being generated (math.random()? Something else?), so I went to look at the source code. I expected `assets/js/src/application.js` to be the main file (I mean, look at that name. What else would it be?) I start reading the code, and pretty soon it starts messing with the clipboard, and it even pulls in Flash [1]: > // Config ZeroClipboard > ZeroClipboard.config({ > moviePath: '/assets/flash/ZeroClipboard.swf', > hoverClass: 'btn-clipboard-hover' > }) In all honesty, this website serves more as an indication of why the TSA spending this much money on such code may actually be justified, rather than effectively mocking the cost, which I think was its intent. How many security holes do you think this website is subject to? Can we know for certain that none of these depend
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encies are malicious or contain backdoors? Security can't be taken lightly. And yes - for an app like this, it's much more important that it be secure than that it look good. I doubt a browser application is really the right approach anyway, given those concerns. [1] https://github.com/arik-so/tsa/blob/master/assets/js/src/app...
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