tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.comments2023-10-23T10:15:44.618-05:00The Real ShliachJust like a guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680468025321981540noreply@blogger.comBlogger17715125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-87212579162252463522017-12-07T12:07:32.302-06:002017-12-07T12:07:32.302-06:00I still get notifications. But gmail somehow decid...I still get notifications. But gmail somehow decided to hide my blogger emails.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04376537400767851942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-54217049772552766312017-10-16T21:49:25.684-05:002017-10-16T21:49:25.684-05:00I got a notification. Perhaps people don't che...I got a notification. Perhaps people don't check their emails?Just like a guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680468025321981540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-33221560965954695262017-10-15T14:36:42.040-05:002017-10-15T14:36:42.040-05:00Do you guys get notifications if I comment here? T...Do you guys get notifications if I comment here? This conversation filled me with the feels of good old times that I don't really remember.le7https://www.blogger.com/profile/08982516647753962603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-12819405431366797702013-02-06T16:11:43.953-06:002013-02-06T16:11:43.953-06:00Where is part 3 for how to avoid scammers?Where is part 3 for how to avoid scammers?Moshenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-74600002337734696812013-01-02T23:20:58.434-06:002013-01-02T23:20:58.434-06:00Aha! I had noted that it seemed spam-like. Am I go...Aha! I had noted that it seemed spam-like. Am I good, or am I good?ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04376537400767851942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-60521811523397757072012-12-10T11:15:25.176-06:002012-12-10T11:15:25.176-06:00Methinks it's time to bring captcha back for n...Methinks it's time to bring captcha back for new postsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04376537400767851942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-91264615700562225952012-12-09T19:55:05.217-06:002012-12-09T19:55:05.217-06:00the exception that proves the rule.the exception that proves the rule.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04376537400767851942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-88405670949620292272012-12-09T18:11:52.483-06:002012-12-09T18:11:52.483-06:00Oh. Too bad. There are so many questions one would...Oh. Too bad. There are so many questions one would like to ask!<br /><br />Well, what about Shechter-Shalomi? Just like a guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680468025321981540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-44182671268116819812012-12-09T14:17:58.379-06:002012-12-09T14:17:58.379-06:00Regarding your original question: when lubavticher...Regarding your original question: when lubavtichers forsake the faith of their fathers, they rarely embrace a modified version of said faith. To paraphrase the Satmar Rebbe, when they leave they leave entirely. Hence if a shliach stopped digging chabad theology, he wouldn't open an alternative chabad house. He'd just leave quietly.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04376537400767851942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-21681952994109691222012-12-09T14:15:51.563-06:002012-12-09T14:15:51.563-06:00I know not. I'm not actually very close to thi...I know not. I'm not actually very close to this soon-to-be former shliach.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04376537400767851942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-49345344367301131372012-12-09T06:34:57.461-06:002012-12-09T06:34:57.461-06:00Ahh. And his wife?Ahh. And his wife?Just like a guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680468025321981540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-68236704654710380372012-12-08T23:57:02.839-06:002012-12-08T23:57:02.839-06:00I think he will start studying in his new home.
H...I think he will start studying in his new home.<br /><br />He was never a pulpit rabbi. he was the old shliach's friendship circle-running son.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04376537400767851942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-66723852275832738162012-12-08T22:48:08.900-06:002012-12-08T22:48:08.900-06:00e: Has he passed the bar on that new continent? An...e: Has he passed the bar on that new continent? And what has he told his congregants?<br /><br />bonne: Into what?Just like a guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680468025321981540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-85866039207089675732012-12-08T22:12:16.638-06:002012-12-08T22:12:16.638-06:00hmmm. I'll look into it.hmmm. I'll look into it.bonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18233228445664358396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-14304438197377253872012-12-08T16:33:02.925-06:002012-12-08T16:33:02.925-06:00I know a shliach who's a closet heretic and wh...I know a shliach who's a closet heretic and who is leaving his shlichus and moving to a new continent to become a lawyer.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04376537400767851942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-69844282587207230082012-12-06T03:41:17.598-06:002012-12-06T03:41:17.598-06:00Dear Mr. R.S.,
An interesting question but I susp...Dear Mr. R.S.,<br /><br />An interesting question but I suspect you seek to open a can of worms whose name one cannot speak (to sort of borrow a phrase popularized by Oscar Wilde). The question does raise some interesting thoughts about correct terminology. Does a resigning shliach become "de-kapotted?" Does he "hang up his gartel?" Does he switch to brown shoes (or "loafers" but that's a whole separate issue)?<br /><br />On an unrelated topic (is any topic truly unrelated?), LdT currently happens to be in a centuries-old foreign European university town staying in a B&B in the heart of the old part of the town. Like so many similar places it was made "Judenfrei" during the war - looking out my windows I can visualize German troops rounding up Jews and marching them along the cobbled streets. So there is a particular satisfaction putting on Tefillin and davening in this location - one experiences a very satisfying feeling of revenge!<br /><br />Your (currently foreign) correspondent,<br /><br />Leo de Toot.Leo de Toothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16839412894312524247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-63287505267660654782012-08-02T05:44:24.380-05:002012-08-02T05:44:24.380-05:00Crown Heights is home to many eBay businesses (and...Crown Heights is home to many eBay businesses (and undoubtedly many scammers as well), I figured it was appropriate.Just like a guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680468025321981540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-6128292731091600722012-08-01T23:28:27.590-05:002012-08-01T23:28:27.590-05:00And this post is labeled "Crown Heights"...And this post is labeled "Crown Heights"? Really?ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04376537400767851942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-57628818343047797282012-08-01T21:28:54.744-05:002012-08-01T21:28:54.744-05:00@Leo
I'm sorry to have misled you, but I am n...@Leo<br /><br />I'm sorry to have misled you, but I am <b>not</b> the same Yossi as the guest blogger.<br /><br />And I stand by my assertion that this is simply an exploration of a broken system. Systems do not need to be software to have security vulnerabilities.<br /><br />eBay is well aware of this problem, not only because the created it somewhat intentionally (buyers complained louder than sellers), but because I have seen this discussed <i>ad nauseam</i> around the web for years. Here is one from 6 years ago <a href="http://www.dansdata.com/ebayscam.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.dansdata.com/ebayscam.htm</a>. A quick google search turns up a thousand more sites like this one.<br /><br />As for discussing a bank heist, if the bank is aware that it has insufficient security yet has done nothing about it, you would do well to be warned of the situation before you decide to deposit your funds. If the bank does have adequate security, then I would also argue that there is nothing wrong with discussing theoretical, impractical attacks that the bank has no reason to defend against. This last bit is my opinion. There may be room for arguement.<br /><br />The blog post is written in a sarcastic, bitter way. Those who pick up on this will understand that "essentially written the scammers handbook for eBay" is a literary liberty taken to further the tone of the piece. Your assertion that he has set "... himself up as the authority on how to commit criminal acts.", is laughable.<br /><br />I can not say with certainty that he has set out to warn others, though I choose to interpret it that way. This may in fact be nothing more than a simple rant by a disgruntled eBay seller. I can clarify that the point is NOT to warn eBay as you seem to presume, but to warn potential eBay sellers. eBay the company is already aware of this, as laid out above.<br /><br />Now, as far as people taking pride in their criminal ability, I too have noted this unfortunate trait in some with whom I interact, but this guest blogger does not strike me as such.<br /><br />I dismiss offhand the notion that this post or others of its ilk will attract the attention of law enforcement. The very idea is ludicrous. <br /><br />I do, however, agree that this guest should get his own soap box. TRS does not feel like the correct venue to air these griefs. As you put it, "[TRS is] a place of insightful social, political and religious comment." This sort of post is out of place.Yossi R (not the guest blogger)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-88586781666419832922012-08-01T06:39:47.202-05:002012-08-01T06:39:47.202-05:00Dear Mr. R.S.
Your guest-blogger confuses several...Dear Mr. R.S.<br /><br />Your guest-blogger confuses several issues:<br /><br />1. the issue regarding soft-ware is a red herring. There is nothing in his posts that speak to eBay software and its possible problems;<br /><br />2. he states that eBay is aware of the issue. First, he provides no supporting evidence for this. Second, just because a bank is aware that it could be broken into and have money stolen does not provide one with an excuse to detail how to enter a bank vault, stun the security guards, etc. Such activity could be considered criminal ("conspiring to steal" etc.);<br /><br />3. He cannot hide behind the "PSA-excuse" after the fact. There was nothing in his posts to suggest that this was a "warning" to users of eBay. In fact he starts off by saying "The best way to become a scammer on eBay is to be a buyer." He goes on to boast that he has "essentially written the scammers handbook for eBay" setting himself up as the authority on how to commit criminal acts.<br /><br />Sorry, but I'm not buying his claimed "social conscience" that has driven him to warn the company of flaws in its system. (It is also of interest to note his sense of pride in his (alleged) ability to scam/cheat the system - unfortunately one finds this attitude among many individuals professing a religious way-of-life (not necessarily your guest writer of course). I've noted the same attitude when it comes to parking-tickets, taxes, health-code violations, speeding etc. (But I digress.))<br /><br />Hopefully your (formerly) esteemed blog is not beginning to attract the interest of those in law enforcement who monitor such things...<br /><br />Tell him to get his own blog where he can proudly post his "insights" into criminal behavior. <br /><br />And "The Real Shliach" can return to its former glory as a place of insightful social, political and religious comment.<br /><br />A saddened,<br /><br />LdT.Leo de Toothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16839412894312524247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-32379820758776407812012-08-01T05:01:18.272-05:002012-08-01T05:01:18.272-05:00@Leo
What this is is a security bulletin. In the ...@Leo<br /><br />What this is is a security bulletin. In the same way that security researchers will publicly talk about software vulnerabilities they find. The intent is for others to be made aware so that they may protect themselves.<br /><br />There is also the concept of responsible disclosure. The standard procedure is for the discoverer of a vulnerability to first inform the software vendor privately, and not go public with it until the vendor has had the opportunity to create and deploy a patch. In the sad but all too common case where the vendor simply ignores the researcher, it is acceptable for him to go public with the vulnerability information, so that the world at large may attempt to mitigate their exposure to the vulnerability. After all, if a good guy was able to discover it, odds are a bad guy has as well.<br /><br />Bringing this back around to the issue at hand, eBay is well aware of this problem, and has been for years. Criminals are already exploiting it in droves. There is zero benefit to be had from keeping this information under wraps. This blog post only serves as a PSA to let the public know that this is going on, and perhaps some seller will not get scammed because he knows to buy tracking for his package even though the buyer isn't paying for that level of service.Yossi Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-41814947623503762712012-08-01T03:04:16.694-05:002012-08-01T03:04:16.694-05:00Dear Mr. R.S.
Nice to see your blog alive again a...Dear Mr. R.S.<br /><br />Nice to see your blog alive again although I'm concerned about the recent content (even though these are "guest" posts). Describing how to defraud a company could have significant legal consequences (fraud, incitement to commit a crime, provide the means of committing a crime etc.) Although these are "guest" posts you could be considered an accessory and therefore equally liable. Further, given that you and your guest have worked together, the charge of "conspiracy" would be added i.e. conspiracy to commit fraud, etc. thereby significantly increasing the legal liability. I would recommend that your erstwhile "partner in crime" get his own blog and you clearly and unequivocally distance yourself from these posts.<br /><br />A concerned citizen,<br /><br />L de Toot.Leo de Toothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16839412894312524247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-14017283165509191452012-08-01T00:05:08.996-05:002012-08-01T00:05:08.996-05:00Did you ever email someone and say "hey! I...Did you ever email someone and say "hey! I'm not a big evil corporation. I'm a guy trying to make a living. can you please not take money out of my pocket?"ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04376537400767851942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-7340401314889806232012-07-31T23:51:46.602-05:002012-07-31T23:51:46.602-05:00E: Not if you are a scammer ;)E: Not if you are a scammer ;)Yossinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-29644883862163581072012-07-31T23:46:34.601-05:002012-07-31T23:46:34.601-05:00Oh, life is tough.Oh, life is tough.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04376537400767851942noreply@blogger.com