This Website Accidentally Left Promo Codes in Their Source Code
Finding interesting things by inspecting websites
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6 min readMar 3, 2021
Some time ago, I exposed an e-shop for blatantly lying about the number of people viewing their products. Their public source code contained a JavaScript function that randomized the number. Since then, the administrators of the e-shop have quietly removed the code from their website.
Well, we are once again exploring the source code of a website, but this time there’s nothing crooked involved. The website that I’ll…