Wednesday, July 20, 2005

Can Greasemonkey smash Netflix?

Nextwave blog says you can use a Greasemonkey script to "mash-up websites. It lets you extend and script websites and integrate that script right into the original site as if the designers had intended it to be there. It lets you use their web site, their data, their servers, their work to serve your purpose and function. There will soon be an army of hackers enhancing every site you use. Whether that site likes it or not.

"How happy is Netflix going to be when I use their site to download TV shows from BitTorrent trackers? And how are they going to stop me? Sue the guy that made the Greasemonkey script? Block my IP address from using Netflix?"

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