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Finding a former Australian prime minister’s passport number on Instagram (2020)

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Re: Finding a former Australian prime minister’s passport number on Instagram (2020)

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Post by defrost »

mishftw wrote: post #7

Pretty fun read. PNR / reservation / confirmation numbers are a pretty interesting method for allowing quick changes. Obviously sharing them is ill-advised. However, how is the general, non-technical layperson supposed to know any better?

> However, how is the general, non-technical layperson supposed to know any better?

Exactly the point made by the former Australian Prime Minister, Tony "speedos" Abbott when he rang the blog author directly to discuss the boarding pass issue and gave permission to post about this.

Or, as Former PM T. Abbott put it:

    “You could drop me in the bush and I’d feel perfectly confident navigating my way out, looking at the sun and direction of rivers and figuring out where to go, but this! Hah!”
( Cut to Simpson's Bart gets the Boot in Australia episode scene where "Asking the PM" involves yelling out a window to a guy floating in a tyre in a dam )

Re: Finding a former Australian prime minister’s passport number on Instagram (2020)

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Post by netsharc »

suddenclarity wrote: post #5

That's a lot of words to say that someone posted their booking details online so you could log in and see their phone number.

Actually he found the phone number and more info by using the browser devtools, the phone number wasn't rendered on the webpage.

But yeah, lots of text written in a way that's just a little too obnoxious for me.

Re: Finding a former Australian prime minister’s passport number on Instagram (2020)

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Post by mmerlin »

defrost wrote: post #13
mishftw wrote: post #7

Pretty fun read. PNR / reservation / confirmation numbers are a pretty interesting method for allowing quick changes. Obviously sharing them is ill-advised. However, how is the general, non-technical layperson supposed to know any better?

> However, how is the general, non-technical layperson supposed to know any better? Exactly the point made by the former Australian Prime Minister, Tony "speedos" Abbott when he rang the blog author directly to discuss the boarding pass issue and gave permission to post about this. Or, as Former PM T. Abbott put it: “You could drop me in the bush and I’d feel perfectly confident navigating my way out, looking at the…

Abbott the luddite, gave us copper internet and spent 400% more than promised to hobble the national broadband network purely for Murdoch's profits and favours.

Abbott stopped the nationwide FttP rollout (that had just begun after years of preparing) at about 5% so his political opposition predecessors got no credit for a nation building project (and Murdoch profited maximally and his media loves Abbott and the Liberals ever since)

Re: Finding a former Australian prime minister’s passport number on Instagram (2020)

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Post by heywhatupboys »

> he since-deleted Instagram post showing the boarding pass and baggage receipt. The caption reads “coming back home from japan looking forward to seeing everyone! climate change isn’t real ok byeee”

literally fake news article. what a world we are living in. The original instagram text is even visible. Author should be ashamed of himself

Re: Finding a former Australian prime minister’s passport number on Instagram (2020)

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Post by runsonrum »

mmerlin wrote: post #18
defrost wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> However, how is the general, non-technical layperson supposed to know any better? Exactly the point made by the former Australian Prime Minister, Tony "speedos" Abbott when he rang the blog author directly to discuss the boarding pass issue and gave permission to post about this. Or, as Former PM T. Abbott put it: “You could drop me in the bush and I’d feel perfectly confident navigating my way out, looking at the…

Abbott the luddite, gave us copper internet and spent 400% more than promised to hobble the national broadband network purely for Murdoch's profits and favours. Abbott stopped the nationwide FttP rollout (that had just begun after years of preparing) at about 5% so his political opposition predecessors got no credit for a nation building project (and Murdoch profited maximally and his media loves Abbott and the Liber…

I believe that shame goes to Malcolm Turnbull (as Minister for Communications in Abbott Gov).

A Co-worker of mine actually sent a lengthy email to him explaining the limitations and all he got back in reply was that he disagreed.

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