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Originally Posted by whswhs
But if you want a slangy word that almost exactly fits, I think you want a noun: hack.
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The general difference between a
hack and an
exploit is that hacks introduce something external or make changes, whereas exploits are using unexpected properties of the existing system. The concept here seems more exploit to me, although most of the examples aren't really either, IMO. #2 and #3 are the closest, but they strike me as unlikely to be more effective than a straightforward approach, which makes suggestions like
baroque or
convoluted seem to be pretty appropriate. Maybe "baroque exploit".