Giving client a 'gift' when leaving the contract

[russell]

You don't seem very happy.

Is there a couch I can lie on?

[Old Greg]

Is there a couch I can lie on?

I thought you were ignoring me.

[ChimpMaster]

I was building an app at a pharma, and the key user was a bit of a scally, a cockney hard case. We got on like a house on fire, and had a few good sessions.

I put some code on one of the menus, if the user was this guy, if it was a wednesday, if it was between 10 and 11:30
randomise one chance in a thousand, change the menu option
Ad Hoc Queries to
Haddock Queries


I met him a few years later, and he mentioned this weird bug that he couldnt replicate and had all the support staff laughing at him. when he saw a slight suppressed smile begin to form, he chased me round the site about three times

Wow, an on-topic response, thanks EO!

Shame on you Russell et al.

[d000hg]

I've never done this myself (I'm probably not capable) but always thought about those technical experts that have somehow managed to sneak code into clients' systems to pull off some elaborate scam.

Have you ever left clients with a 'gift' that will be discovered at some point in the not too distant future? Perhaps a code-bomb, or removing source code from the repository, or something that makes them think "damn we need this guy!" ?

(I'm not feeling creative today so can't think of any more...).

Disgruntled Bomb: Java Edition - The Daily WTF

typeof(string).GetField("Empty").SetValue(null, " ");

[Platypus]

I once wrote some code which I soon realised provided a nice "root" backdoor into the host Unix system. I tested it out and it worked a treat. But I never had the opportunity (or balls) to exploit it on a client system, but I suppose I could have entered a few large invoices into the finance system and my bank details for BACS payment but prison didn't really appeal to me back then, or now in fact

[Churchill]

Barclays in branch server - the Barclays Eagle Logo flapped and dropped turds to the bottom of the screen once a month.
Yorkshire Bank in branch server - The white rose in the "Y" logo changed to red for 100msec every friday at a "random" time between 2pm and 4pm.

Churchill - in "I was that Spod" mode!

[2BIT]

Did you even READ the original post?

Are you capable of doing that?

Are you capable of reading this?

If so, FOAD.

to be fair this new bloke does tend to answer the post he wants to answer, just take each of his posts as the non-sequiturs they are and ignore...
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