Shit has, as they say, gotten meta.

[baxil]

Hey, folks! Life goes on, and after a long week at work (and a scare with my car -- which was resolved by an unexpected act of generosity on my bosses' part), I'm trying to get back into the swing of things. And meanwhile, things have been more eventful than usual out in the land of:

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[baxil]

Okay, I took a look based on your e-mail. I covered most of what you said in my letter back, but I wanted to mention here:

That's one of the changed files, and "Luna" fixed the security hole. The board isn't vulnerable to it any more. I skimmed the code, and there are no obvious backdoors - the applied fix is not the same as the official patch, but it fixes it following the same principle.

I'm really not certain how to feel about this.

[gavinfox]

Ah, a grey hat hacker?

[baxil]

I'd say "greyflank," but if "Luna" saw that, she might take exception. ;)

[tracerj]

You could ask her yourself, apparently....

Or, you know, someone who's channelling her very well. At this point, the difference is sort of academic.

[baxil]

I could -- though me doing the asking might awkward.

(LOLCAT DRAMATIZATION: "O HAI Luna, iz 'greyflank' Ceiling Cat word or Basement Cat word? obtw, invisible hacker iz rilly visible hacker. plz no delete server")

On the other hand, despite the fact she's deliberately hiding from me, I'm starting to think I have some leeway. All along, she's expressed intent to join the RP (er ... the Fillydelphia RP; she's already deep in the RP pool). If I don't threaten that, I don't think exposure will push her toward destruction.

But until my research with Inaki turns up something more concrete, I'm reluctant to give up the element of surprise ... it's one of my few advantages.

On the third hand ... her latest post sounds like a guarantee to stay IC. That, and the talk of privacy invocations, is giving me an idea. (A very bad idea ...)

[siege]

Definitely expressing intent to RP. The shadow has leapt into the content of the "Elsewhere in Equestria" thread.