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This year, I created a series of tests for my course at IITM and to recruit for Gramener. The tests had 2 interesting features. One question required them to hack the page Write the body of the request to an OpenAI chat completion call that: Uses model gpt-4o-mini Has a system message: Respond in JSON Has a user message: Generate 10 random addresses in the US Uses structured outputs to respond with an object addresses which is an array of objects with required fields: street (string) city (string) apartment (string) . Sets additionalProperties to false to prevent additional properties. What is the JSON body we should send to https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions for this? (No need to run it or to use an API key. Just write the body of the request below.) ...

I had lost and won some minor bets with Lee. It was time for a major coup. There was an RS/6000 installed at our Computer Center, and practically everyone had an account in it. So did Lee. (And so did Pavithra, but Jani told me to keep quiet about it, and besides, that’s another story.) Lee was probably a bit irritated that I interfered with his talk sessions, and I was feeling too bored. We struck upon a bet. The deal was again a challenge on my computer abilities. I had to sneak into his ID within 15 days. The stakes were the crux of it. If I won, I’d get to photograph him with his arms around Pavithra (he didn’t mind. Why would he?), and if he won…? Shom picked just the wrong time to walk by. If I lost, Lee would get to photograph me without anything on, with Shom holding my… (you get what I mean). The stakes were steep - for both of us. ...

Hacking wireless networks. How to get access to secure networks, and how to see what others are doing on their wireless networks. Comments Arun 18 Jan 2006 4:56 am: Anand, can you recommend a few good podcasts you listen to? S Anand 20 Jan 2006 12:01 pm: I don’t listen to podcasts, I’m afraid! Trains are too noisy, don’t like using headphones at office, and prefer watching movies at home. So effectively no place for podcasts :-) Arun 20 Jan 2006 3:09 pm: Oh..ok..Somehow I thought you had made some post about listening to podcasts on trains sometime ago. Guess it must have been some other blog. Or I must have been dreaming :-) S Anand 20 Jan 2006 6:32 pm: No, you’re right. That was in July, when I was commuting OVER the ground, where there’s less noise. Now I commute UNDERground, and can’t hear anything, so I’d given up soon after I started.

Caltech vs MIT pranks.

Harvard rejects applicants using hacker services.

It’s possible to make sense out of keyboard whispers.

Hacking gets more focused.

The first case of hacking under the IT Act has been registered. Had to be someone out of jurisdiction, didn’t it!

Hacking and social engineering.

In the meantime, Microsoft XP’s copyright protection has been hacked. Their digital rights management scheme: hacked. Passport: hacked.

Drefus’ book on hacking, Underground, is available online.

After seeing how costly it is to detect hacking, and the fact that anything you say can be logged against you, one wonders if being online is worth it. If you’ve got a permanent Internet connection, keep it switched off.

Better be a bit careful about online payments. A Russian hacker stole from 40 companies. Amazon’s subsidiary was hit. And IBM’s Net.Commerce is buggy.

Statistics on websites that have been defaced.

Are credit card transactions on the Net safe? Egghead had their’s stolen.

AstaLaVista is an ‘underground search engine’. I’d been there before, and since its survived this long, it must be good.

An interesting story about a hacked computer network and how they recovered.