So when do we start prosecuting for malicious prosecution and gross incompetence?
Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website
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Re: Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website
#12From the article, it sounds like nothing even remotely questionable was done by the reporter who found the flaw: > "According to the Post-Dispatch, one of its reporters discovered the flaw in a web application allowing the public to search teacher certifications and credentials. No private information was publicly visible, but teacher Social Security numbers were contained in HTML source code of the pages."
We've always known that using DevTools was a criminal activity. In fact, the sheer number of people using them places this at criminal conspiracy levels. Better start filing those RICO cases against the browser devs. /s
Re: Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website
#13Prosecuting people for responsible disclosure? This governor is a fricking idiot.
This seems to be a requirement these days for being a governor. I understand not everyone can know everything. The fact that it is deemed unacceptable to admit not having all of the information to make an informed decision/comment where someone in a position of authority makes shit up to just sound authoritative is a sad state of affairs. It's not like being a governor is the same as posting things on an internet for…
FTFY: It's a requirement for being a governor in a red state.
Re: Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website
#14Is this how the Governor saves face?
Re: Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website
#15Prosecuting people for responsible disclosure? This governor is a fricking idiot.
This seems to be a requirement these days for being a governor. I understand not everyone can know everything. The fact that it is deemed unacceptable to admit not having all of the information to make an informed decision/comment where someone in a position of authority makes shit up to just sound authoritative is a sad state of affairs. It's not like being a governor is the same as posting things on an internet for…
It's seems there is a certain set of political beliefs that enshrine intolerance of knowledge. Perhaps shared across multiple parties.
Re: Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website
#16Tell me you don't understand computers without telling me you don't understand computers.
Tell me you're the Republican governor of a deep red regressive shithole state without telling me you're the Republican governor of a deep red regressive shithole state.
Re: Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website
#17From the article, it sounds like nothing even remotely questionable was done by the reporter who found the flaw: > "According to the Post-Dispatch, one of its reporters discovered the flaw in a web application allowing the public to search teacher certifications and credentials. No private information was publicly visible, but teacher Social Security numbers were contained in HTML source code of the pages."
Translation: search for a certification on the public website, receive an SSN in response. Only 'hacking' by reporter was to then press 'Ctrl+U' in the browser and read the characters.
Re: Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website
#18“Hacked our system” — LOL. Nothing like our conservatives for a great laugh. What a moron.
Re: Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website
#19Quote from the St Louis Post Dispatch article is even more groan-worthy:
"In the letter to teachers, Education Commissioner Margie Vandeven said “an individual took the records of at least three educators, unencrypted the source code from the webpage, and viewed the social security number (SSN) of those specific educators.”
I guess webpages are kinda like encryption for idiots.
Re: Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
This seems to be a requirement these days for being a governor. I understand not everyone can know everything. The fact that it is deemed unacceptable to admit not having all of the information to make an informed decision/comment where someone in a position of authority makes shit up to just sound authoritative is a sad state of affairs. It's not like being a governor is the same as posting things on an internet for…
FTFY: It's a requirement for being a governor in a red state.
We've got some presidential mis-speaks a plenty too. Some haven't been a governor, and didn't come from a "red" state.