Oh hey, my home state is on Hacker News! Oh... sigh.
Right there with ya (my home state is NC).
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
#52This is exactly what happened to weev. He found that information that was intended to be private was made publicly available by AT&T.
Weev went to prison for typing in URLs that he should not have. They were criminal URLs, just loke thess.
Re: Missouri Governor Vows to Prosecute St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Reporting
#53I think the governor ought to resign. He’s taking something that is, ultimately, HIS fault and trying to pin it of course on “the media”. The SSN numbers were in the page; they were in the source code. “View source” is not decrypting a webpage. God, I know he just has no technical understanding but even then he should be smart enough to get the details and realize they weren’t “hacked”. This person clearly doesn’t understand what a free press is —- they could have legally ran the story without even alerting the state agency, but they did the right thing and this idiot governor is still trying to deflect blame.
Re: Missouri Governor Vows to Prosecute St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Reporting
#54Missouri 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.
Exactly. Thank you nosy media. This anti-press stuff started with Trump. Terrifying how authoritarian the right has become.
Reporters, please continue “embarrassing” all states. The sane leaders and citizens will be thanking you.
Re: Missouri Governor Vows to Prosecute St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Reporting
#55This 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.
Don’t try to bring logic, reason, and/or prudence into it — this is politics, which is a whole other thing.
Re: Missouri Governor Vows to Prosecute St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Reporting
#56Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) said fixing the flaw could cost the state $50 million Talk about waste of resources.
I would absolutely love to know who provided that estimate and how they arrived at that number. I understand that issues are often far more complex than they appear but this just seems ridiculous.
I know right. An immediate fix shouldn’t cost anything, right? Just don’t send social security numbers to the browser.
Re: Missouri Governor Vows to Prosecute St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Reporting
#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is as old as the country itself, the constitution is stronger than these thugs.
The US state has successfully suppressed free expression in a number of instances (Henry Miller and Wilhelm Reich come to mind). The US isn't special as a democracy and it's been pretty shoddy at quite a number of times, though now isn't necessarily the worst moment. The constitution is only strong on free speech and freedom of the press if people defend it. Edit: It's especially notable that the degree that governme…
I live in LA and its full of personal fiefdoms. I think you just see more talent at obfuscating it.
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
hugs My home state is Florida. It will be alright.
I just moved to Florida after New York completely lost the fucking plot. Literally my neighborhood (Hell's Kitchen) reverted to its 1980s self, street-walking prostitutes included. Homeless encampments as far as the eye can see. Loving it here so far.
Thanks for your input.
Re: Missouri Governor Vows to Prosecute St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Reporting
#59Re: Missouri Governor Vows to Prosecute St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Reporting
#60Missouri 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.
Exactly. Thank you nosy media. This anti-press stuff started with Trump. Terrifying how authoritarian the right has become. Reporters, please continue “embarrassing” all states. The sane leaders and citizens will be thanking you.
> This anti-press stuff started with Trump.
* gestures vaguely in the direction of Richard Nixon, waits for historians to chime in with earlier examples.