Now that they've shot the messenger, I'm sure that everything will be perfectly fine, right?
Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website
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#162Earlier quoted context omitted.
What's "view source", some kind of hacking instructions? Sounds like you're abetting.
I think "view source" is a hacking tool invented by the notorious hacker group "4chan". I say we start a change.org petition to get Google to remove it from Chrome.
I think "view source" was actually invented by the Russians, then leaked by "4chan" - They're an individual, not a group.
You probably got it mixed up with Lunix, that was invented by "4chan".
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#163I try to be an optimistic person, I really do. I try to remind myself that the sky isn't literally falling, and that the world is a more generally pleasant and peaceful place today than what it has been throughout much of history.
But.
Every time I see something like this, it just about drains my spirit to nothingness. I want to embrace nihilism and just quit giving a fuck about anything or anybody when I see stupidity on this level, and displayed by somebody who managed to get elected governor of a %@%#ng US state. It really is hard sometimes, to not just withdraw into a shell of isolation and decide "fuck it, this world is too damned stupid for me to bother with."
I don't like feeling that way mind you, and I actively try to fight the urge to give in to that kind of thinking, but it seems to get harder and harder with every passing year. Am I weird in this regard, or are other people experiencing this as well?
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#164Re: Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website
#165Recently, I had to submit a bunch of information (name, address, DOB) into a Google Forms page in order to request a COVID-19 vaccine CDC card from my state’s health department. This Google Form was run by a contractor for the state’s health department and was misconfigured to allow viewing all previous responses after submitting. One click on “view previous responses” on the post-submission Google Forms page and you can view everyone else’s names, addresses, DOBs, and information like which vaccine they received and in what arm.
I almost didn’t report it, since the kind of shit as described in the link above gets reported so regularly. But I did, and it got fixed quickly. Now I’m just sat here hoping I don’t get served a lawsuit next week by some idiot hoping to cover their ass and make me out to be some kind of malicious actor. (Advice welcome...)
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#166After the Affordable Care Act went into effect I signed our company up for our state's marketplace. While browsing our plan options, I noticed the url used a scheme like marketplace.org/employers/341/plans.aspx. Of course, I tried changing the number in the url to 342 to see what happened. To my astonishment, it loaded up the next company's plans, including a list of employee names, ages, plan cost, and SSNs. After I…
I don't know, that sounds like a pretty valid response given that you "shopped a few other companies to see how our plans compared".
If I ask you to show me a document, and you willingly show me the document, who exactly is responsible for the disclosure?
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#167Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Somehow, I have the feeling the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's lawyers are thinking, "Bring it! We haven't had this much fun in ages."
I'm sure the judges likely to see this case are giggling over what they'll say to the state prosecutors.
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#168Quote 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.
I can't wait to see the legislation that treats plaintext as encrypted, and goes on to criminalize all written and electronic communication.
We must end all encryption --FBI
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#169This is what happens now when the media is portrayed as a political actor and everything can be "the other sided". “political game by what is supposed to be one of Missouri’s news outlets.” Now they get to ignore any and all responsibility and the governor is seen as standing up to the liberal media. It did not even have to be a big deal, just fix it, say its been resolved and move on. Everything is gamified and poli…
I'm not American, just got interested in how their politics devolved to that, and apparently this was an intentional power play which started from republicans:
> "a race to the bottom to see who can be meaner and madder and crazier. It is not enough to be conservative anymore. You have to be vicious." The viciousness doesn’t necessarily reside in the individual souls of Republican leaders. It flows from the party’s politics, which seeks to delegitimize opponents and institutions, purify the ranks through purges and coups, and agitate followers with visions of apocalypse
I feel this article summarize it well: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/12/how-did-re...
Newt Gingrich seems to be responsible for that more recent attempt at this, and everything happening now seems to be the end game of what he started, though the party seems to have a history of it to some extent.
I know some people might say that the Atlantic is partisan and maybe Democratic leaning (I think?), but personally except for the part where the article seems to say they don't like what the Republican party is making of democracy, everything else seems pretty accurate and factual to me. I'd love to hear counterpoints, like is there anyone who doesn't think this characterizes the Republican party properly?
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#170Earlier quoted context omitted.
Senators too! We must end finstas! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGt1Ukg7q4Y
So that quote is actually taken out of context. The Senator knows that finstas are, and is using it to drive a different argument - that Instagram is incentivized to help teenagers bypass parental control https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/1/22704308/finsta-instagram... > “Finstas are fake Instagram accounts. Finstas are kids’ secret second accounts. Finstas often are intended to avoid parents’ oversight. Basically, Fa…
Even with the added context, it's pretty clear he has a very limited grasp on how finstas work. It's reasonable to be concerned about that when he is demanding they be banned.