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"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."
I expect there will be no consequences for the mindless idiot who put SSNs in the HTML output.
The EFF will likely take this case. Have the reporters contacted them?
> No private information was publicly visible, but teacher Social Security numbers were contained in HTML source code of the pages. If it was in the HTML source code, then it was publicly visible, so it is unclear what the article is trying to say.
Every browser have access to the HTML source, even it is merely right click here and there. If the SSN is in the HTML source, then the blame should be on the webmaster who designed that code. Of course, accountability is not part of their tenet, it is too foreign for them. And look at the age of the governor, clearly shows that he is inept with the fundamental of the internet. I forgot to add one more thing. Did they…
Because that's what you seem to want ... quit electing morons.
I don't think I can blame a politician for being technically illiterate, especially one that old. But what the heck is up with the state bureaucrats who report to that guy? I mean someone it the freaking state bureaucratic hierarchy should at least be lucid enough to consult someone who has an actual clue about things as these.
This incident is just one example of this in action.
I don't think I can blame a politician for being technically illiterate, especially one that old. But what the heck is up with the state bureaucrats who report to that guy? I mean someone it the freaking state bureaucratic hierarchy should at least be lucid enough to consult someone who has an actual clue about things as these.
I don't think I can blame a politician for being technically illiterate, especially one that old. But what the heck is up with the state bureaucrats who report to that guy? I mean someone it the freaking state bureaucratic hierarchy should at least be lucid enough to consult someone who has an actual clue about things as these.
> I don't think I can blame a politician for being technically illiterate, especially one that old. Given the impact of technology on society, we absolutely can and should blame politicians who are technically illiterate.
I can and will blame them for not getting (And listening to!) a tech savvy advisor.
My bet is the SSN was used as the GUID for a table row or list item.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
“I’m going to weaponize the law because you embarrassed us.”
I can't imagine that a large, national organization like the ACLU or CPJ would want to dump tons of money into making this a massive national story should that happen... Someone about to experience the Streisand effect in FULL force.