Closed Bug 302204 Opened 19 years ago Closed 19 years ago

Possible to subliminally program people with Thunderbird set up as default

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Security, enhancement)

Product:
Thunderbird
Component:
Security
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
VERIFIED INVALID

People

(Reporter: muppetpuncher, Assigned: dveditz)

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4

Thunderbird by default is setup to grey out signatures. I have discovered it is
possible to subliminally program people by modifying my signature. Because by
default they are greyed out people don't pay much attention to them. I have
admittedly only had limited success so far - free beer - however I feel a
sustained campaign with the right subject could have excellent results.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Find someone who you communicate with frequently.
2. Rewrite bits of your signature to implant suggestions. (Important to keep it
roughly the same shape).
3.

Actual Results:  
Target bought me beer.

Expected Results:  
I would reconsider greying out signatures by default.

Nope. Think I covered it.
Hope you see the funny side :) (Apologies if you feel I have waster your time,
it's meant in the best possible spirit).
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
To unprotect the guilty: originally reported by wayne@wayneblacklock.co.uk
CC list accessible: false
Not accessible to reporter
Group: security
(In reply to comment #2)
> To unprotect the guilty: originally reported by wayne@wayneblacklock.co.uk

(In reply to comment #2)
> To unprotect the guilty: originally reported by wayne@wayneblacklock.co.uk

Who (In reply to comment #2)
> To unprotect the guilty: originally reported by wayne@wayneblacklock.co.uk

Who sincerely apologises for anyones time he wasted here. A mix of tiredness and
stupidity. Won't happen again. *Hangs head in shame*

(Goes back to using Thunderbird & Firefox grateful for everyone who puts time
and effort into making both infinitely the best available at what they do.

Ok found a proper bug 302259. Ok its just a typo but hopefully it goes some way
towards redressing the scales.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
VERIFIED INVALID?

Has anybody actually verified that this subliminal programmining does not work
(even if it is more of a feature than a bug)? I would like to see a test case :)
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