This is a matter of job security, the reporter is embarrassing the state and that's Parson's job. Fingers crossed he goes on strike after this.
Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website
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Re: Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website
#152Feels like the traditional foundation of US democracy, free press, is being constantly undermined more and more every year. Doing even basic investigative work puts you in the crosshairs of someone.
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#153I don't think I can blame a politician for being technically illiterate, especially one that old. But what the heck is up with the state bureaucrats who report to that guy? I mean someone it the freaking state bureaucratic hierarchy should at least be lucid enough to consult someone who has an actual clue about things as these.
Why should age excuse incompetence? If they are incompetent in tech, they should at least know that and shut up.
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#154Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
In all seriousness, considering Google's track record of discontinuing useful services and features, I expect Chrome to drop View Source any release now. It will be a sad day.
Who browses the web without the DevTools exposed by default? I don't know how to make the web work without "fixing" web pages before attempting to read them.
Re: Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website
#155After 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…
its best to assume Responsible Disclosure™ is a psyop to find gullible people
Re: Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website
#156Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
In all seriousness, considering Google's track record of discontinuing useful services and features, I expect Chrome to drop View Source any release now. It will be a sad day.
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Re: Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website
#157> Parson said...the reporter was “attempting to embarrass the state and sell headlines for their news outlet.” Literally a reporter's job.
This could actually become illegal in the UK. The official secrets act might be amended to make it illegal to embarrass the state...
So nearly every pol will have to be locked up.
Re: Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website
#158I don't think I can blame a politician for being technically illiterate, especially one that old. But what the heck is up with the state bureaucrats who report to that guy? I mean someone it the freaking state bureaucratic hierarchy should at least be lucid enough to consult someone who has an actual clue about things as these.
You have no idea what lengths some state employees will go through to cover their ass and not get fired. It's especially dangerous when cops and prosecutors do it.
Exactly. When you've endured 15yr of this kind of bullshit and enduring five more gets you an extra 10% on your pension you shut the f up and do what's good for you, organization and taxpayers be damned.
Now imagine what this situation teaches all the younger bureaucrats who think they can work hard and make things better.
Re: Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website
#159I don't think I can blame a politician for being technically illiterate, especially one that old. But what the heck is up with the state bureaucrats who report to that guy? I mean someone it the freaking state bureaucratic hierarchy should at least be lucid enough to consult someone who has an actual clue about things as these.
I can't stress how differently power works in the Southern States (EDIT: Missouri is a midwestern state officially, but I've always considered it part of the South). It's a very traditional place, where you do not dare contradict, let alone correct, your boss. There is none of this "avoid surrounding yourself with sycophants because they will only tell you what you want to hear" business. There is no upside to speaki…
Why?
Re: Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website
#160Quote 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.