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Anonymous allegedly hacked Romney tax records

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Re: Anonymous allegedly hacked Romney tax records

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Post by jj00nathan »

brokentone wrote: post #48

Some of us developers have been working on the rehabilitation of the term "hack" and "hacker" (Hacker News anyone). The various Anonymous/LulzSec attacks of the last few years have been amusing and most have not been directly attacked individuals or been extortive (however, they've still been illegal, and I have not agreed with them). Although a politician, Mitt Romney is still a person. No one has rights to his pers…

"No one has rights to his personal information he has not decided to share. This attack is despicable."

You realize Mitt Romney is campaigning for the office that is the single worst violator of that philosophy in the world, right? Don't get me wrong, I generally think law enforcement should have privileged access to private data, but you disrespect your philosophical position by pretending to apply it in a manner where the outcome is predetermined through uneven application.

Re: Anonymous allegedly hacked Romney tax records

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Post by tlow »

This is quite clever; it seems it is possible that all three groups could possibly pay.

Would they be able to remove that amount of money from the bitcoin system without affecting the conversion rate substantially, or is this loss near negligible?

Re: Anonymous allegedly hacked Romney tax records

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Post by arjunnarayan »

atlbeer wrote: post #17
splatzone wrote: post #3

They've provided no real proof that they actually have the tax returns. I'd be surprised if this is genuine.

For me the telling thing is the "1040" bit. I'm no billionaire but, even my meager tax return is more than a simple 1040 form.

yeah but the critical figures people want, including the sum total of tax paid is on the 1040.

Re: Anonymous allegedly hacked Romney tax records

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Post by colanderman »

waterlesscloud wrote: post #52
andreyf wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, the transactions to and from these accounts are available here: Stop release: https://blockchain.info/address/1HeF89wMjC48bWNgWvVo7Wu3RaLW... Full release: https://blockchain.info/address/12AP6iCwRNFQqKLStH3A4b4hw3SL...

Those amounts that look like 8 bits of binary are interesting, but don't seem to convert to meaningful ascii. That would have been fun.

Apparently it's an imgur URL?

Re: Anonymous allegedly hacked Romney tax records

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Post by rayiner »

twoodfin wrote: post #76
scarmig wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I misspoke: it's not that Romney pays a lower average income tax rate, but pays a lower average federal tax rate, including payroll. For most people, income taxes make up a negligible part of that total tax burden. I doubt the charitable giving would be a problem, and I'm also skeptical of the "Romney took a tax amnesty in 2009" theory. At this point I think it's mostly bull-headedness: Romney thinks no one has a rig…

For most people, income taxes make up a negligible part of that total tax burden. Ignoring the employer "contribution" sleight-of-hand, payroll taxes in 2012 are 4.2% SS + 1.45% Medicare, or 5.65%. Adding in the income tax burden, and you're still looking at a total Federal tax burden of under 12%.

The average American is barely getting by. Meanwhile, doctors, engineers, etc, are paying 20-25%. That's just non-sensical.

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Post by Bud »

oldgregg wrote: post #40

Damn. Who knows if this is legit, but assassination markets are coming, it's only a matter of time. Obviously it won't start with ACTUAL assassinations-- but hide your data, hide your mistresses. If abused assistants and underpaid file clerks ever realize they can make 100x their salary by leaking data with a bounty there is going to be a culture changing shit-storm.

Not really. The file clerks and assistants in question would have to do far more than simply "realize" that they can leak data.

They would have to magically acquire the expertise to leak it untraceably, to handle all the financial arrangements untraceably, and not get caught in any other ways. Meanwhile, the most powerful people in the world will be going after them.

This is already an extremely difficult proposition, and will only get more difficult with time.

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