I think it's funny that we called the code used to unban 022-2812 "UnbanMii" way before this application was conceived. I love coincidences. I blame the nomenclature of the Nintendo scene. It makes it hard to be creative.
Sorry, I didn't know it was saved.Am I the only one wondering about this?
I changed all my info/pins rather safe then sorry, And changed my pw to the nnidI used UnbanMii v1.1. Am I now going to be banned? Should I change my NNID info and cancel my debit card? I am worried, could someone ease my worries?
Probably because it was being used to harvest friend seeds.Anyone know why MarcusD closed UnbanMii? There was no reason for that.
Because it is now known as the 1st malware for the 3ds and it has ruined his reputation and all the other devs that worked on it along with the people who supported it (including myself). It has also ruined the unbanmii name (so if he made an update to it to no longer be malware nobody would trust/use it). It is quite a shame because this was something I have been wanting since november when my old 3ds got banned. Hopefully somebody makes something like it without it being malware.Anyone know why MarcusD closed UnbanMii? There was no reason for that.
I mean he deleted his github befroe this ever happen.Because it is now known as the 1st malware for the 3ds and it has ruined his reputation and all the other devs that worked on it along with the people who supported it (including myself). It has also ruined the unbanmii name (so if he made an update to it to no longer be malware nobody would trust/use it). It is quite a shame because this was something I have been wanting since november when my old 3ds got banned. Hopefully somebody makes something like it without it being malware.
That would be a reason yeah.Probably because it was being used to harvest friend seeds.
Because it's only been closed source since 2.0, which is when the malware was added.How are you sure that only people who used 2.0 got their "shit" leaked?
Probably because it was being used to harvest friend seeds.
What @mariogamer is asking is, why did the devs make it closed source in the first place, if not to cover the fact that it was being turned into malware?Because it is now known as the 1st malware for the 3ds and it has ruined his reputation
That's retarded. Prevent people from being able to do so with authentication of some kind (and not including credentials in the source), or use a standalone client for the PC to add seeds to the database. Seriously, that should be a non issue and seems like the biggest excuse ever. @astronautlevel was already able to dump their tables, so a lot of good that did.Well he wanted to make sure no one would upload fake seeds so he closed the source so no body can learn how to work around the validation.
That's a piss poor excuse when even IF faked seeds would succeed injection, they wouldn't work. They would either fail to inject, or not do anything at all. Not to mention if someone wanted "faked" seeds distributed they wouldn't have had to rely on unbanmii. Any random Joe can upload seeds to warez sites, which at this point I would trust more so than a closed sourced program to download them.Well he wanted to make sure no one would upload fake seeds so he closed the source so no body can learn how to work around the validation.
Most others are open sourced so you can search the code yourself, 9/10 people don't write malicious code and leave it open to the public.It's quite ironic that something that could of been so helpful to the community,turned into something dangerous and caused even more drama besides the most recent banwaves.At this point it wouldn't suprise me if someone is undercover working for Nintendo.Didnt someone say themely was created by one of the unbanmii devs? I mean didn't that come out before the ban wave at the end of may.What if other homebrew applications can gather information aswell and we don't know it yet.
Actually, like I said above, it'd make more sense to keep a malicious application open source in this regard in order to trick more people into installing it. "It's open source therefore it's safe" is a very dangerous assumption, and malicious entities can play on this easily. Eventually someone's going to find the malicious actions of the application, but this is going to happen open source or not. You catch more flies with honey though.Most others are open sourced so you can search the code yourself, 9/10 people don't write malicious code and leave it open to the public.
Well in the sense that open sourced is well, open anyone can have a peek through the code so it's just as likely it would be found before widespread dissemination. Two sides of the same coin I guess. People just need to be vigilant when using any freeware.Actually, like I said above, it'd make more sense to keep a malicious application open source in this regard in order to trick more people into installing it. "It's open source therefore it's safe" is a very dangerous assumption, and malicious entities can play on this easily. Eventually someone's going to find the malicious actions of the application, but this is going to happen open source or not. You catch more flies with honey though.
To be fair, it's very difficult to convey sarcasm though plain text.Also, my reply to him was a sarcastic response to what is practically
I'm with you on this. Until I hear a really credible reason from the devs as to why they suddenly decided to make it closed source, I'm inclined to think this was an intentional deception on their part.Actions always speak louder than words, you guys can excuse them as naive but it seems premeditated
No need. The devs admitted it immediately when presented with the evidence.I must ask...would it be difficult to trace where/who it came from first? It had a beginning for sure...
Yes, someone did. But that someone was wrong.Didnt someone say themely was created by one of the unbanmii devs?
Themely is made by a different user (Themely was made by Erman, who has a bad track record anyway, while this was made by Sono). I'd actually trust Themely more if it was made by Sono rather than Erman
That isn't too worrisome. I'd trust the unbanmii dev over the themely dev as well. The unbanmii dev just had zero concept of understanding how to handle private data properly, but came forward directly when the gig was up and immediately abandoned the project when he got called out on it. Combine that with all developers instantly distancing themselves and getting rid of the data straight away, and I'd personally say this was more of a huge mistake rather than consistent behavior.Somewhat worryingly though, @astronautlevel says he'd actually trust the dev of unbanmii over the themely dev... (though he's hardly impartial, he's working on his own theme homebrew)