FACT: CHEF-KOCH plagiarizes and passes off other people's work as his own #323

Closed Thorin-Oakenpants closed 2 years ago

edit: Oct 2108, he was banned from GitHub (may not be permanent) - FYI: he also is on GitLab: https://gitlab.com/CHEF-KOCH

:large_blue_circle: PROOF 1: See second post re https://github.com/CHEF-KOCH/Firefox-prefs.js-cleaner

See https://www.ghacks.net/2017/12/29/automation-comes-to-the-ghacks-user-js-configuration-for-firefox/#comment-4325581

My reply if it gets published

https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/pull/311 - the first PR by claustromaniac 18 days ago, and that was after a week of talking about it and sample scripts

https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/commit/fbd9f344af3cb6d0fb320de57497278887cc4b83 - v1.0 commit 15 days ago

https://github.com/CHEF-KOCH/Firefox-prefs.js-cleaner/commit/1f77f541bdd5cfbda52eecf9c7d3435c771fe4a9 - your version committed 14 days ago. Except for a few word changes such as the author, it's IDENTICAL

I call BS. This is not the first time you've been caught passing off other people's hard work as your own. Where is this reddit link that predates claustromaniac's work? I can show you the changes and discussions that claustromaniac and earthlng had and how the script changed to its final version. Yours is a single commit and IDENTICAL .. come on, where's your proof

CHEF-KOCH has not provided any proof to back up his denial

:exclamation: FACT: CHEF-KOCH plagiarizes and passes off other people's work as his own

:large_blue_circle: PROOF 2: His ASN-blocking repo is a direct ripoff of ASN_IPFire_Script , and he has been called out on it, but refuses to acknowledge or do anything about it.

:exclamation: FACT: CHEF-KOCH plagiarizes and passes off other people's work as his own

:large_blue_circle: PROOF 3: read this -> https://github.com/Lanchon/REPIT/blob/master/README-CHEF-KOCH.md and this -> https://github.com/Lanchon/REPIT/issues/37 ( WebArchive ) where he STOLE Lanchon's REPIT and Flashize code: removed his (Lanchon's) name from it, removed the copyright notice, removed the GPL license, added himself as the author, and published it as his own work

:exclamation: FACT: CHEF-KOCH plagiarizes and passes off other people's work as his own

:large_blue_circle: PROOF 4: He even copies other people's PAID work and livelihood. His blog entry about the show Legion is plagiarized from this original article written by a professional critic

:exclamation: FACT: CHEF-KOCH plagiarizes and passes off other people's work as his own

:large_blue_circle: PROOF 5 his https://github.com/CHEF-KOCH/BarbBlock-filter-list is direct rip off from the original at https://github.com/paulgb/BarbBlock/ without attribution

:exclamation: FACT: CHEF-KOCH plagiarizes and passes off other people's work as his own

:large_blue_circle: PROOF 6, 7, and 8: his modal filter list on day of list creation (Dec 2 2018) at commit 5ecf7ee on Dec 2, 2018 is 100% copied line-for-line from @yourduskquibbles 's modal filter list provided at commit 8d57b6b on Nov 30, 2018

@CHEF-KOCH's social filter list on day of list creation at commit 5ecf7ee on Dec 2, 2018 is 100% copied line-for-line (1670 lines) from my social filter list provided at commit 8d57b6b on Nov 30, 2018

@CHEF-KOCH's social filter list on day of list creation at commit 5ecf7ee on Dec 2, 2018 is 100% copied line-for-line (2025 lines) from my generic filter list provided at commit b5aa7d3 on Nov 30, 2018

:exclamation: FACT: CHEF-KOCH plagiarizes and passes off other people's work as his own

:large_blue_circle: PROOF 9

from @crazy-max : As this thread is a complete report on the actions of @CHEF-KOCH, I contribute to it with the violation of the license for my WindowsSpyBlocker repository.

The CKs-FilterList repository of CHEF-KOCH violates the MIT license of WindowsSpyBlocker repository : A copy of the license and copyright notice must be included.

https://github.com/CHEF-KOCH/CKs-FilterList/blob/master/HOSTS/Windows%2010.txt

is a verbatim copy of :

https://github.com/crazy-max/WindowsSpyBlocker/blob/master/data/hosts/extra.txt https://github.com/crazy-max/WindowsSpyBlocker/blob/master/data/hosts/spy.txt https://github.com/crazy-max/WindowsSpyBlocker/blob/master/data/hosts/update.txt

And here are the compare reports :

end of message from crazy-max

:exclamation: FACT: CHEF-KOCH plagiarizes and passes off other people's work as his own

original post

https://github.com/CHEF-KOCH/FFCK/blob/master/anti-ghacks%20user.js

I guess he can't read

e.g. he disables all cookies but suggest/recommed in their own wiki to use a cookie black/whitelist addon - why when Firefox can native do this via 'settings' - history - cookies [exceptions]?! The addon he suggest also lowers the security and you might run into possible addon fakes, besides this each addon rises memory consumptation.

quote from user.js "You can set exceptions under site permissions or use an extension" - What part of OR does he not understand
also, quote from wiki extensions "While we believe these are the very best of the best, this can be subjective depending on your needs. We are also not saying you have to use all these extensions."
How does a cookie manager lower security? Our wiki points to a reputable well-known extension. If anything, the fact they are not auto-updated enhances this - see his next point
running into possible addon fakes? huh? We can't make people use a particular extension, but by recommending some at least we're vetting it and linking to the real thing
memory consumption? really? .. a few hundred kb's .. OMG .. the world is ending.

Disabling automatically addon-updates is also horrible, you lower your security point and not increase it because in fact 99% of all people never review addons or understanding the source code.

This is clearly worded in the user.js and the wiki implementation page. Users STILL get notifications. The whole point of not auto-installing them actually INCREASES security if done in a timely manner, as it allows vetting of changes - especially now AMO auto approves new releases. Users have the option to turn it back on .. because .. TEMPLATE

There are a lot of more examples but this guy does not know what he is doing or talking about....

Nice one. I'll just let the community decide for themselves. CHEF-KOCH has already been shown up to be a plagiarizing, hypocritical SoB with no verbal reasoning skills.

This example, the anti ghacks user.js .. contains 102 prefs for undoing the settings - apparently, to undo prefs with no "security" aspect. Fair enough, no one ever claimed the ghacks user.js is just about security.

Of these 102 prefs, he resets 93 of them. Of these 93, 22 are inactive in our user.js, and of the remaining 71, he even reuses the same values as us on a few. Of these 71 odd, some of the decisions are really whack. For someone who is always harping on about "SECURITY", he allows all the DRM (widevine, eme, cdm etc) which even the EFF says undermines security. And a lot of them have nothing to with "security"

Wot a f**king dork.

Class, discuss!

Yeah I'm that guy

I actually used to work part time in a company where I was in charge of security. That's where I kind of picked most stuff up

He made another dumb statement you did not notice

"Lucky patcher's selinux toggle is copied from v4a's implementation"

However the v4a version that implemented that toggle was closed source. Obviously it cannot be an exact copy of the toggle

Also I'll detail how I exactly got banned

The funniest part is how he talks about free speech but will ban/report anyone who actually shares their opinion

The message I sent was: Note: this isn't exactly what I sent because I was tired at that the me but yes this is almost similar to what I sent

"Lucky patcher can modify files android doesn't check for modification in it's patcher mode. Meanwhile xposed modifies parts of your system and reflashing a ROM will totally remove all modification done by xposed. However lucky patcher can evade dm-verity and all other checks because android doesn't check for modifications at all to odex files So even if you lock the bootloader or reflash your stock/custom ROM (bootloaders can be locked on custom ROMs if you know how) as long as you have this "rogue data" on your data partition legitimate apps can be made to behave maliciously while you can reflash a ROM and xposed is gone Lucky patcher can make legitimate apps behave like malicious apps and the changes stay even if you reflash the ROM unless you factory reset Unless you also factory reset, lucky patcher's modifications will never go away which ain't the case with xposed"

I sent this over 7-8 messages on that server. Just a summary of what I said in short

Now, This message ain't disrespectful I'm merely stating my opinion I'm no way did I insult or have lack of respect towards this chef-koch guy Giving your opinion does not come under trolling

I'll leave this message here for anyone who wants to know what happens if you argue with this guy

Also scroll a little up, we had another argument over a tool called magisk where I said "it can cause instability". Being a custom ROM developer, I've seen it do that a lot but instead of even an argument this time

His response: "I like magisk so stop talking bad things about it"

That was his actual response. I'm not even joking. Not even an argument but just "I like this so stop saying it's bad"

Other argument: chef-koch's "I support free speech" All I have seen in his discord is restrictive rules being put on everyone and he being the admin decides what's appropriate. Slow mode and even rate limits are imposed on all members on that server. There's not much of free speech i'd say

Right, ok... So, like someone mentioned (perhaps not the best idea): the CHEF-KOCH ban has resulted in everything being 404, meh!

https://ibb.co/fUjQTL

Aanyway (might check out Discord, lolz.)

EDIT: Syntax! ;$

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God knows where this was copied from screenshot_20181101-112159_system_ui

So yes, chef-koch does read this GitHub issue and I just got banned. It is very likely I was banned for writing this here

[..] and I just got banned.

Um, "just banned", as in - before, right? No -further- proof's needed, it's (very) obvious - everything about and w/CK; all I was noting is how we're unable to shame him, any moar, since he's going, going, gone! ;$

Nope, joined again, banned again

So yes, chef-koch does read this GitHub issue and I just got banned. It is very likely I was banned for writing this here

@anupritaisno1

Are you sure that you got banned? Because I was banned (?) with my throwaway account too which can't be linked back to this GitHub account (I'm not Redditor2015). So I created completely new account and I tried to join back but it says that link is invalid. Maybe the server got deleted?

discord.me/CHEF-KOCH

Discord bans are tied to a fingerprint they generate for your device and also your IP address. Creating a new account and joining a server you were banned in is not as easy as it sounds

Discord bans are tied to a fingerprint they generate for your device and also your IP address.

I have never installed Discord software on my PC. I only use Discord through VPN + hardened Firefox or through Tor Browser. So there is no way that they can link my new account to my old, banned one. It's generated through different IP.

EDIT: Discod server is up, is wasn't removed.

Welp. It was good while it lasted. He's back, somehow.

Check it out, he's some sort of a freedom fighter now and everything... /s

https://github.com/CHEF-KOCH/GitHub-censorship

Yes, he is...

LOL he's sooo 1337 that even the CIA and FBI went after him. Suuuuuuure :man_facepalming:

So he "leaks" other people's leaks and claims he's a freedom fighter? Did he also slap his name on them stating them as original chef-cock work?

^^Is that a rhetoric question? :wink:

EnergizedProtection/block#48 :moneybag: :moneybag: :money_with_wings: :money_with_wings: :money_with_wings:

Hello everyone.

CHEF-KOCH plagiarized my text from this Reddit conversation (I'm the LonelyCredit) and keeps it as him own content; CHEF-KOCH's Chromium-hardening project has a file called Interview with Mozilla where he claims that the information on that specific file has been obtained from the video call he made with a Mozilla developer named M. Shawn. This simply isn't the truth and he is completely lying about it. In fact, all the text has been copied from this Reddit conversation! We can clearly see the plagiarization when we compare those Reddit comments and the Interview with Mozilla:

bucgdf

xligkb

kcwjvf

This honestly is the best proof. See how all the text is the same. He even didn't bothered to remove the links:

ivsvay

As we can see the text is exactly the same! Rest of the comments are slightly modified to make those be more suitable on the fake interview. Also here is a screenshot of the Interview with Mozilla where M. Shawn directly said the information which is available on the Pocket Privacy Policy. Doesn't this sound a little bit obscure?:

tgxuqz

There are also other facts why the text has been copied:

CHEF-KOCH won't provide any information about video call.
He doesn't provide any information about M. Shawn.
He doesn't explain why the text is exactly the same.
The whole text doesn't sound natural and nobody in Mozilla would answer like that.
The Reddit conversation has taken place before the CHEF-KOCH's fake interview.

And I actually contacted CHEF-KOCH on Reddit via private message. Here are screenshots from our conversation:

wmxjur

eryotg

As you can see that CHEF-KOCH is trying to circumvent the facts and making excuses like; "If you excuse me to be a liar the discussion is immediately over" so he wouldn't have to answer me.

I contacted to GitHub support about this and they answered that I need to make a DMCA request for further processing. I'm not interested in DMCA request right now and I'd rather leave this up to this point. But this is really sad how CHEF-KOCH plagiarizes the work of other people. As I said in Reddit's private message to CHEF-KOCH;

I honestly though that the person who worked at Microsoft and Nvidia for over 15 years could be honest and I wouldn't need to go through this.

@LonelyCredit chef koch does not know English very well so if the text doesn't sound natural that is proof it was faked

He "worked" for Microsoft and Nvidia since his plagiarized code probably contained their copyright notice. Resume building Level 100! :joy:

I'm not defending CK, but DMCA doesn't seem appliable here. Most of the info he "borrowed" are GPL licensed. Obviously he should have given appropriate credits to the original authors.

So... I can "borrow" your work (under GPL) and claim authorship?

No. You should credit the authors, but unless CK is making money out of the "borrowed" content, they can't call a DMCA against him IMHO.

Yes, of course. My English... sometimes I should read 3 times before asking. :wink:

No problems. "Borrow" was ironic! CK does it, but he also gets the same disrespect from others.

You guys can add another stolen item to @CHEF-KOCH

@CHEF-KOCH's modal filter list on day of list creation at commit 5ecf7ee on Dec 2, 2018 is 100% copied line-for-line from my modal filter list provided at commit 8d57b6b on Nov 30, 2018

I opened an issue asking for attribution and he deleted the issue immediately.

I was gonna tell you to open an issue in https://github.com/collinbarrett/FilterLists, but I see you already did that. :+1:

BTW, am I the only one who can't star CK's FilterLists? Not saying I want to (hell no!), but I noticed the star button is greyed out for me there...

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

https://github.com/collinbarrett/FilterLists/issues/669 https://github.com/collinbarrett/FilterLists/issues/670

OMG the irony .. banned on r/piracy : https://old.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/agw6v2/encrypt_all_content_in_discord_and_get_e2e/

As this thread is a complete report on the actions of @CHEF-KOCH, I contribute to it with the violation of the license for my WindowsSpyBlocker repository.

The CKs-FilterList repository of CHEF-KOCH violates the MIT license of WindowsSpyBlocker repository : A copy of the license and copyright notice must be included.

https://github.com/CHEF-KOCH/CKs-FilterList/blob/master/HOSTS/Windows%2010.txt

is a verbatim copy of :

https://github.com/crazy-max/WindowsSpyBlocker/blob/master/data/hosts/extra.txt https://github.com/crazy-max/WindowsSpyBlocker/blob/master/data/hosts/spy.txt https://github.com/crazy-max/WindowsSpyBlocker/blob/master/data/hosts/update.txt

And here are the compare reports :

Btw : https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2019/03/2019-03-05-WindowsSpyBlocker.md

Since I know who is behind all this I also filled in a DMCA takedown request against ghacks-user.js

Great! He always comes back to me, and blames me for everything, even though others before me called him out, and even though I go out of my way to avoid him - and have NEVER had ANYTHING to do with taking any action against him. I even closed this issue (and locked it at one point).

I actually fail to see how a DMCA can be taken against this repo. No-one is perfect, but AFAIK everything here is attributed where needed

So he will complain when github censors something he writes but also complain when github does not censor something that he didn't write?

I hope that @crazy-max will succeed with DMCA. Inform us with the outcome.

Update : https://github.com/CHEF-KOCH/CKs-FilterList-Mirror

@crazy-max ahahahahah

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Hmm might be related

https://www.kuketz-blog.de/asn-skript-copypaste-kuenstler-erstellt-kopie-auf-github//

^ that's all under Proof 2 in OP - not your German link, but the related info

:crying_cat_face: He randomly blocked me on here today. I guess I'm part of the club now. :man_shrugging:

Congrats, be thankful

Sheeshus F H Christmas .... what an absolute diabolical mess of a Firefox repo: numerous js files full of contradictory settings, obsolete settings, incorrect settings, enforcing loads of defaults (which is really bad because then updates can't flip them when they should be flipped), incorrect information... - there's just so much wrong in that thing .. don't look, you can't un-see it

Look, he even took what I said in #806 on Sept 29th , which I investigated and revived from the dead (dead for 18 months) at trac.tor, which prompted dcf (Fifield) to pinpoint the correct cause, which led to the tor ticket being linked to the already existing bugzilla upstream ... and hopefully we get it actioned

and https://github.com/CHEF-KOCH/FFCK/commit/8edbc4eaf97ff791331e4c36473fc41fdcc0502b - he copies me a few hours later and lists it as an HSTS demo . The guy doesn't have a fucking clue what he's doing. He just copies shit from everyone. You can see his commits mirroring articles and reddit threads. He doesn't even check anything.

Just ignore him and his four watchers and 35 stars ... you know .. I think 1.6K stars here says a lot, you know, comparing apples to apples

Only a narcissist would create their own topic tag about themself.

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Even his nickname is plagiarized. :-D https://chefkoch.de/

LOL. You mean he plagiarized the nickname. ;)

Even his nickname is plagiarized. :-D https://chefkoch.de/

All recipes are created original by CHEF-KOCH under the GNU General Public License v3.0.

Same thing here. First he make a negative "review" as he calls it and then I see he copy/pasted Tweaks & other info from the same guide he called "questionable". Sad Story.

https://n1kobg.blogspot.com/b/post-preview?token=APq4FmCzuJqwFJ5aCTVXE7FPmNKNT7iHbzjBqkJRxoxLhIJV3l9dZ4mKk6lmEI2b6IKupP-LoFV-Ni6HwlgbB1Q9aypE8BS9D5amvYP7sAIs6brHX9U-EEoKWwm-dgdZ8cxuLZPMru0D&postId=3214660732857618115&type=POST

this is funny he's been caught doing this, I found some of my scripting work in one of his rom's. I use other people's work everyday, its not a big deal to quote the original 'artist' n how they have licensed it

He's either been banned again or deleted his entire account/repos: been like that for at least a few days: all 404'ed

edit: e.g:

https://github.com/nextdns/metadata/issues/387
https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/issues/1462

I think it's a ban, because even his comments in threads are gone, rather than showing up as user ghost

wait for him creating another account :-1:

wtf is this shit -> https://gitlab.com/CHEF-KOCH/github-account-termination

arkenfox / user.js

FACT: CHEF-KOCH plagiarizes and passes off other people's work as his own #323

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