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German politicans doxxed, massive leak of private information
- gewa 8y agoThe mentioned twitter account is https://www.twitter.com/_0rbit https://www.twitter.com/_0rbit
- dependenttypes 8y ago"This account has been suspended" it says.
- kumarvvr 8y agoOnly the far-right party was spared. This smells of Putin all the way.
- iso1337 8y agoIf true, then this is the bigger story here. Meddling in other states via backdoor means.
- rurban 8y agoNope, also the known CIA agents from left parties were spared. And the German is too good to be from Russian agents.
- deogeo 8y agoCan you elaborate, both on who the known CIA agents are, and that they were spared? Sources would also be appreciated.
- rurban 8y agoOf course not. But it should be trivial to subtract the two known sets and check who is missing.
- deogeo 8y agoCare to provide the set of CIA agents? It's not known to me. I'd also be grateful for the set of doxxed politicians/people. I haven't tried digging for it yet, but my experiences with the media lead me to believe they won't bother to provide an actual list.
- tracker1 8y agoYou realize that most Russians speak at least two languages fluently. In fact, I usually have a better time talking to people with Russian accents in English than most other nationalities.
- orbifold 8y agoWhich known cia agents?
- Bodet 8y agolive what you preach. if you have nothing to hide, politicians?
- JeremyBanks 8y agoFuck you.
- candiodari 8y agoWhy ? The German state, like a lot of states I imagine, demands everybody give up their address, work, car details, children's records to an armed force controlled by these people that definitely doesn't always act in their interest. Especially not if you're a foreigner or immigrant. They also share these details where they SHOULD NOT be allowed to go. For example, to the electricity monopoly, schools, IRS, ... and without consulting anyone on the matter, or allowing judicial oversight. Apparently both options are too expensive. So yes "let's see how they like it". Entirely agreed.
- chmod775 8y agoWe give up our address, work, car details, children's records to a government that we, the people, indirectly control by means of democratic process. Not every populace thinks of themselves and their government as we and them. To some it's just us. Granted, sometimes the people we put in charge fuck up, either because there was no clear signal from the populace since few people cared or because opinions of politicians and the populace diverged since the last election. And when I feel proportionally (relative to the amount of people sharing my views) represented, I have no reason to call the Government them. Might be different in a system where you need to get at least 50% of the votes to get any representation at all and where that same system has managed to maneuver itself into essentially only having two parties.
- zeroflow 8y agoSometimes the people in charge fuck up? They're running a streak of fuck-ups and while different parties run different ideas, I want none of the current politicians running a country. The problem is, that there is no "sack the heads of all parties and start new without those problematic persons so we can get a new start" option to vote for. But yes, the typical person does not care... On the other hand, the government will always stay them. They purely live off work others do. They have no incentive to improve since they do not need to generate income, they simply "take" what they need from the rest of the population. Any kind of streamlining or efficiency improvement will just kill jobs of their political buddies.
- opwieurposiu 8y agoChange my view: What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. If agents of the state have the right to look up citizens, then surely citizens have the right to look up agents of the state.
- al_chemist 8y agoYou assume that state and citizens are equal. One has right to set law, gather taxes, mandate force, conscript into army and spy. The other has right to remain silent (unless asked a question).
- anoncake 8y agoIn a democracy, the actions of the state are actions of its citizens.
- jammygit 8y agoThis sort of thing, if on a larger scale, might freak politicians out a bit and help get some privacy and security legislation on the table. Maybe.
- symlock 8y agoor just greater consequences (fines, imprisonment) so even legitimate uses-cases (whistle blowers?) are scared to say anything.