Oh hey, my home state is on Hacker News! Oh... sigh.
hugs My home state is Florida. It will be alright.
As a fellow Florida-raised human, I feel your pain.
Missouri Governor Vows to Prosecute St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Reporting
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Re: Missouri Governor Vows to Prosecute St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Reporting
#22This is so idiotic. Does Missouri really want to discourage people from reporting security vulnerabilities? It sounds like this reporter did the responsible thing and alert all affected parties. I can almost guarantee that if a decent person found this, a dozen less-decent people did too. If a decent person is afraid to report a security issue, even more less-decent folks are going to have access to this information.
Re: Missouri Governor Vows to Prosecute St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Reporting
#23Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) said fixing the flaw could cost the state $50 million Talk about waste of resources.
I could totally fix it for $49 million. /s
This is a race to the bottom and why tech workers need to unionize. Soon someone could be fixing it for a measly $1 million. /s
Re: Missouri Governor Vows to Prosecute St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Reporting
#24> “And then to react in this way where you don’t say ‘thank you’ but actually turn on the reporter and researchers and go after them…it’s just weird.” it's not "weird", it's an elected official trying to deflect from being exposed as completely endangering the PII of state employees. while trying to bring charges here is ridiculous, it might not be the case in a few years as we watch the continued crumbling of instit…
It's kind of weird. After all, it's not like the governor is directly responsible for the flaw. Even if his opposition could have indirectly linked his administration to the flaw, his response has certainly done far more damage to his reputation than that ever could.
Re: Missouri Governor Vows to Prosecute St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Reporting
#25I wonder if the page in question is cached in the internet archive.
Re: Missouri Governor Vows to Prosecute St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Reporting
#26> “And then to react in this way where you don’t say ‘thank you’ but actually turn on the reporter and researchers and go after them…it’s just weird.” it's not "weird", it's an elected official trying to deflect from being exposed as completely endangering the PII of state employees. while trying to bring charges here is ridiculous, it might not be the case in a few years as we watch the continued crumbling of instit…
It's kind of weird. After all, it's not like the governor is directly responsible for the flaw. Even if his opposition could have indirectly linked his administration to the flaw, his response has certainly done far more damage to his reputation than that ever could.
Most likely voters don't understand how computers work. I'm not sure it'll matter much.
Re: Missouri Governor Vows to Prosecute St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Reporting
#27It is like pipes.
Re: Missouri Governor Vows to Prosecute St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Reporting
#28Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) said fixing the flaw could cost the state $50 million Talk about waste of resources.
Remove SSN field from DTO - 49 million
Invoice Fee - 1 million
Not bad for -1 lines of code.
Re: Missouri Governor Vows to Prosecute St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Reporting
#29Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) .. vowed his administration would seek to prosecute and investigate .. anyone who aided the publication in its "attempt to embarrass the state and sell headlines for their news outlet." Embarrassing governments is the natural outcome of the press doing it's job. This is what the extra constitutional protections are for.
There’s no extra constitutional protections. It’s all under free speech. Everyone is equal.
Re: Missouri Governor Vows to Prosecute St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Reporting
#30This is embarrassing, so lets pretend it's a crime for the reporter to report the truth. This tactic might work for the NSA, but I hope it doesn't work here.