I am the 10-year-old who hacked Instagram, here are more tech flaws I've discovered

A note from the boy genius who hacked Instagram and was paid $10,000 by Facebook.
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I am the 10-year-old who hacked Instagram, here are more tech flaws I've discovered
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A 10-year-old Finnish boy named Jani discovered a flaw in Instagram, allowing him to delete comments at will. He informed Facebook of the issue and received $10,000 from the company

Jani sent Mashable this very fictitious and not real note, detailing a few other flaws he's discovered.


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Hello good adults of the Internet, it is I, Jani, the boy genius who understands computers more than you. I would like to thank Facebook for the $10,000. I will be investing all of it in my Dave & Busters Power Card so my birthday party is better than Billy's birthday party.

But, I assure you, I am not writing this note merely to express my gratitude. I have discovered several other flaws in the tech I use every day, and I would like to make the world aware of them now. Please pay me $10,000 for each of these.

1. There is a flaw in the Playstation network that allows my mom to turn off the game when it is late

2. Despite Ms. Snyder's best efforts, I have once again gotten AddictingGames.net up on the school library computers

3. There is a fatal flaw in Madden 2016 that does not allow me to create 10-year-old players who defy the odds and win the Offensive Rookie of the Year award

4. There is a vulnerability in Facebook that makes all of the girls I like not like my statuses

5. Whenever my parents tell me to go to my room and play on my iPad they start fighting -- I believe signals from the iPad are causing this

6. There is a massive vulnerability in Youtube that is causing my Minecraft gameplay videos to not receive the millions of views they deserve

7. The laser tag place by my house has a flaw in their receptors that allows my older brother Ricky to beat me easily no matter how hard I try

8. After several visits with my family, I have discovered and reported a grievous error in the crossword puzzle located on the Buffalo Wild Wings Kid's Menu

9. I have found a vulnerability in my Little League team's Squarespace page that allowed me to change my batting average to well over .900 for the season

Also, I hacked President Obama's phone but it's just a bunch of boring emails and "launch codes" and nothing about the next Avengers movie so who even cares.

Thank you for your time,

Jani

Additional hacks by boy genius Ryan Creamer.

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Max Knoblauch is the Assistant Humor Editor in the NYC office. He is a journalist, comedian and illustrator. More humor and art by Max can be found on his website.Follow him @MaxKnoblauch

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