Suggest New Features To Orkut

Well i have posted this many times before on how to suggest Orku to add new features..

But many people still don't seem to know that so i thought about making a new topic on this..

One of the Top suggestions Orkut received was of Photos in albums. Ofcoarse 12 Photos were not good enough for Orkut's Users now Orkut have increased it to 100 photos and have also allowed it's users to Make new Albums

Another Top suggestion was to of Privacy..

Orkut have now added enough features which make there Privacy Settings much better..

although there are still some bugs in it..But it is pretty good as Orkut is still in Beta stage.

Orkut have now launched privacy settings for both album, scrapbook, videos and testimonials so that you can chose who you want to share your content with.

Learn more about how you can Suggest new Features to orkut after the Jump

Orkut sas about it :

2007 was a really good year for orkut. So many new features were launched! But where did these new ideas come from? Well, mostly from you. Yes, it was all of you who sent us the enormous amount of suggestions about how to make orkut even better.

There are two different ways you can submit your suggestions. One is to visit our Suggestions Page, where you can select from some pre-defined suggestions that we hear often. The other one is to visit our Help Group and post any idea you have on the suggestions section. Either way, your voice will be heard.

Regards:-Orkut Underworld

Organize Photos better Now - Make New Albums

Now that Orkut have Increased the Number of Photos Limit to 100.. the next thing we wanted was for Orkut to allow us to manage our photos better by making new Albums..well enough People would have suggested this Features HERE. That's the reason why orkut have implemented this FeatureNow when you will click the Photos Link you would see this :

Orkut says about it :

Today, orkut will be launching Photo Albums! Have many photos from a recent trip? Create an album specifically for that trip. Lots of pics from a recent night out with friends? Create another album with just those photos!
All of your current photos will be stored by default in their own album. Feel free to setup new ones by going to "photos" from your homepage. Once you have created an album, simply click on it and start uploading new photos inside. You can also change the cover photo by clicking on "edit" of the photo that you want to appear, and then selecting "album cover."

Once you have created the Album you can customize these things :

• Album Cover
• Title Of Album
• Album Description
• Photos In Your Album
  
  You should expect new features now and then since orkut and facebook are at competition and even members are feeling the heat :o)

Regards:-Orkut Underworld

Orkut Profile being added to Google Search

Some orkut profiles will appear in Google search results as an orkut OneBox. A OneBox is a summary of your orkut profile, including key details like your name, photo and location. A OneBox appears only when someone who is logged in to orkut performs a search on Google.com for their friends or friends of friends. Keep in mind that this project is still in its experimental stage, so for now, only a small percentage of orkut users will see the OneBox in their search results.

Wondering what a OneBox Is ??

On top of the organic results (and sometimes at the bottom), Google shows OneBox results for queries that can be answered instantly or when a direct link can be offered.

There are several kinds of OneBox results.Click Here to know more about OneBox Result

You'll have the same privacy settings for the OneBox as you do for your full orkut profile, so no information you've made private in orkut will appear in Google search results. Additionally, if you wish to opt-out of the orkut Onebox altogether, you can do so by following these steps:

• On the left sidebar of the orkut hompage, click settings.
• Click the privacy tab.
• Under orkut in Google search results, click the hide information bubble.
• Click save changes at the bottom of the page.

Note:
Orkut and the search team both don't have a way to change whose profiles will appear in Google search results as a OneBox.

Regards:-Orkut Underworld

How to be safe from Scrapbook XSS Bug

I have already posted many posts including incidents in which Scrapbook XSS Bug was used...

here are some posts :

1. XSS in Scrapbook
   
2. XSS Orkut worm

Many Orkut Users became the victim of these attacks..so Now i am posting to tell you how you can be safe from these XSS hacks

• Firefox Users :
  

Update Firefox to 2.0.0.11 or higher

The latest series of firefox comes with an inbuilt feature of httpOnly which encrypts your cookies so that the information in the cookie cannot be read. This may result to be a boon for orkut users.You can download the latest version of firefox from >>>HERE<<<

• Download FlashBlock
  

For firefox users i would highly recommend that they should Install Flashblock firefox extension!After Installing FlashBlock just restart your browser

Internet Explorer Users :

• Go to the Tools Menu -> Internet Options


• Click on the Security tab


• Click on Custom Level


• Disable Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins

Hope this Helps !!

Regards:-Orkut Underworld

Situation : Joined too Many Communities!

A cool trick found by ORKUT PLUS is to unjoin your communities.Many ppls have joined round about 999 or 900 communities ,which makes them to unjoin later. So a damn cool trick is here to make your work easy.

Solution: We currently do not have a refined software to unjoin selected communities. You can follow following tips to make your work easier.

• Make a note of the communities you would want to re-join.
• Use this software (Thanks Gautam) to Unjoin All Communities you presently have - Download
• Required - .NET 2.0 framework to run the software - Download
• Now, re-join your noted communities.
• That is all :o)

REGARDS:-ORKUT PLUS

Orkut Goes After Unethical Profiles - Threatens To Report To Law Authorities!

After the much highlighted XSS debacle, it looks as if orkut has finally decided to take care of unethical minds on orkut. They are now issuing warnings on their homepage.

To be exact, these lines are being displayed as a security caution:

Security caution: Please do not use your orkut account to impersonate or harass other users. Violations of the orkut terms of service will lead to the suspension of your account. For serious violations, we can and will share information with local law enforcement agencies in your country. Be safe and keep orkut beautiful.

On a positive note, this was very much required to curb impersonation issues and the fact that official warnings make the work much easier.

REGARDS:-ORKUT PLUS

Of the Latest Orkut Worm, Rodrigo Lacerda and 400,000 Members Joining One Community within 12 Hours of its Creation

NO WE ARE NOT JOKING !!!

Screenshot - WashingtonPost

A Quick introduction to the Post:

• Something was wrong on orkut
• Some members complained of joining a community which they did not do manually.
• Members were unable to un-join the community.
• Surprisingly, the community featured 400,000 members in 12 hours of it's creation

Note: The so called 'worm' was harmless, but it it raised serious questions on orkut security features.
How Did it all happen?

You read about our warning, an XSS in the scrapbook. Evil minds used this for unethical purposes, but one mind thought the other way. He used this flaw to create a history, turning orkut upside down and leaving them puzzled for sometime.

What Was in His Mind?

Rodrigo Narrates, August 8, 2006 he came to know about an XSS but at that point of time he didn't have perfect programming skills to exploit the hole. He says, at that time he wanted to hack as many communities and profiles as he could on orkut. The hole was fixed soon.

December 19, 2007 , he came across a similar XSS and this time he had proper programming skills to do what ever he wanted to. But his state of mind was a bit different this time. His attempt was not to hack or hurt anyone but wanted to show how destructive this can be if used for evil purposes. He created a fake community -Infectados pelo Vírus do Orkut which has hit the headlines everywhere.

SCREENSHOT OF NO OF MEMBERS

12 Hours, and the Community with 400,000 Members - How Did He Do It?

• Member Received a Scrap
• That scrap had an embed code.
• That code embed a JavaScript, which was decompressed twice.
• The JavaScript performed following functions:

-> It Automatically Joins a Member to a specific community

-> Member unknowingly sends scrap all to all his friends - with that code embed

-> Scrap is then deleted automatically.

-> So all his friends would do the same and thus, it was a fire spreading rapidly.

-> This came to a halt, when orkut finally fixed the XSS.

REGARDS:-ORKUT PLUS