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To be honest, this really doesn't feel like it needs to be a news story of this magnitude. It feels more like some revenge tactic of said "estranged spouse", bu

To be honest, this really doesn't feel like it needs to be a news story of this magnitude. It feels more like some revenge tactic of said "estranged spouse", but perhaps a better strategy here than to blow up a huge investigation over almost nothing is just to change the damn password.

reaperducer 7y ago
Exactly what magnitude is this story? It's not on the front page of the Times, the organization that did the actual reporting work. Even the HN link is to a BBC rewrite of the Times story. Doesn't seem blown up at all. It's on HN because it's a curiosity.
- dmd 7y ago
  It is the top headline on Fox right now, which says a lot.
  - JaimeThompson 7y ago
    There is a rather good chance that the reason it is the lead story on Foxnews right now is so it can increase user engagement in their chat sections. Lots of people who think non-hetersexuals don't deserve equal rights all over the chat. More anger == more ad revenue.
    - 75dvtwin 7y ago
      @JaimeThompson, is there anything in your 'good chance' assessment that has material evidence? I went to the article https://www.foxnews.com/us/nasa-astronaut-identity-theft-bank-account-divorce-wife https://www.foxnews.com/us/nasa-astronaut-identity-theft-ban... But it seems that the comment section is not even open for this story. Where are you getting your evidence from?
      - 75dvtwin 7y ago
        Ah, never mind. I see that the comment section is visible to people in US ip addresses only. is that other's experience too?
        cbsks 7y ago
        I’m in the US and see the comments. I regret seeing them. 4/6 comments that I read were incredibly toxic.
    - wolco 7y ago
      I never saw mention of her sexually until you decided an injustice happened. I think you are doing society a favor by standing up for her but what's happening is you are sexualizing her story and character. Not to mention prejudging the actions of a group of people over a future chat.
      - JaimeThompson 7y ago
        I actually read 100+ messages under the story before posting what I did. I doubt it would have been acceptable for me to post those comments here. Her sexuality is mentioned in the first paragraph "after her estranged wife alleged she stole her identity and accessed her bank account without permission during a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station."
  - mikeash 7y ago
    Aside from Trump’s continuing insanity, it’s a pretty slow news day, and obviously they can’t lead with that.
- DoreenMichele 7y ago
  It's on HN in part because it involves NASA/space. Otherwise, it's a giant yawn, frankly.
GCA10 7y ago
It's now the lead story on the Drudge Report. So it'll be chattered about for a while, whether we like it or not. The oddities of space law are perfectly suited to Saturday morning banter. This case turns out to be extraordinarily mundane, the more you read about it. (Astronaut McClain says she was just checking to make sure that child-expense bills were being paid on time, and didn't do anything more. She's cooperating with the "investigation.") But that doesn't stop swarms of casually curious people from giving the headline a look.
dmix 7y ago
Seems very... vindictive and an overreaction by the spouses part to be contacting the agencies: > She filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission and her family lodged one with NASA’s Office of Inspector General, accusing Ms. McClain of identity theft and improper access to Ms. Worden’s private financial records. The fact she was an astronaut put her in an unique vulnerable position in the divorce process, where there are thousands of additional administrative rules she must observe. Normally this would just be a personal issue between two adults or merely a police investigation.
- mikeash 7y ago
  She was using government property at her workplace to do these things. If I was using my work computer and network to do improper things online, I’d expect my employer to be contacted about it. The difference here is that she was basically stuck in the office for months. But that doesn’t make it OK.
  - dmix 7y ago
    Sure but can't the police handle the identity theft accusations? Which will of course end up involving her work so they'd find out either way and will likely respond in kind. Why bring the FTC and NASA Inspector General's Office... other than to inflict the maximum amount of punishment?
    - mikeash 7y ago
      That’s a specific way of asking, “why bring the employer into it?” And the answer is, because their resources were used to commit the alleged crime.
      - dmix 7y ago
        Which I mentioned doesn't necessarily have to come from an outside agency or inspectors office to have consequences both at work and with police.
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reaperducer 7y ago

Exactly what magnitude is this story? It's not on the front page of the Times, the organization that did the actual reporting work. Even the HN link is to a BBC rewrite of the Times story. Doesn't seem blown up at all. It's on HN because it's a curiosity.

dmd 7y ago
It is the top headline on Fox right now, which says a lot.
- JaimeThompson 7y ago
  There is a rather good chance that the reason it is the lead story on Foxnews right now is so it can increase user engagement in their chat sections. Lots of people who think non-hetersexuals don't deserve equal rights all over the chat. More anger == more ad revenue.
  - 75dvtwin 7y ago
    @JaimeThompson, is there anything in your 'good chance' assessment that has material evidence? I went to the article https://www.foxnews.com/us/nasa-astronaut-identity-theft-bank-account-divorce-wife https://www.foxnews.com/us/nasa-astronaut-identity-theft-ban... But it seems that the comment section is not even open for this story. Where are you getting your evidence from?
    - 75dvtwin 7y ago
      Ah, never mind. I see that the comment section is visible to people in US ip addresses only. is that other's experience too?
      - cbsks 7y ago
        I’m in the US and see the comments. I regret seeing them. 4/6 comments that I read were incredibly toxic.
  - wolco 7y ago
    I never saw mention of her sexually until you decided an injustice happened. I think you are doing society a favor by standing up for her but what's happening is you are sexualizing her story and character. Not to mention prejudging the actions of a group of people over a future chat.
    - JaimeThompson 7y ago
      I actually read 100+ messages under the story before posting what I did. I doubt it would have been acceptable for me to post those comments here. Her sexuality is mentioned in the first paragraph "after her estranged wife alleged she stole her identity and accessed her bank account without permission during a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station."
- mikeash 7y ago
  Aside from Trump’s continuing insanity, it’s a pretty slow news day, and obviously they can’t lead with that.
DoreenMichele 7y ago
It's on HN in part because it involves NASA/space. Otherwise, it's a giant yawn, frankly.

GCA10 7y ago

It's now the lead story on the Drudge Report. So it'll be chattered about for a while, whether we like it or not. The oddities of space law are perfectly suited to Saturday morning banter. This case turns out to be extraordinarily mundane, the more you read about it. (Astronaut McClain says she was just checking to make sure that child-expense bills were being paid on time, and didn't do anything more. She's cooperating with the "investigation.") But that doesn't stop swarms of casually curious people from giving the headline a look.

dmix 7y ago

Seems very... vindictive and an overreaction by the spouses part to be contacting the agencies: > She filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission and her family lodged one with NASA’s Office of Inspector General, accusing Ms. McClain of identity theft and improper access to Ms. Worden’s private financial records. The fact she was an astronaut put her in an unique vulnerable position in the divorce process, where there are thousands of additional administrative rules she must observe. Normally this would just be a personal issue between two adults or merely a police investigation.

mikeash 7y ago
She was using government property at her workplace to do these things. If I was using my work computer and network to do improper things online, I’d expect my employer to be contacted about it. The difference here is that she was basically stuck in the office for months. But that doesn’t make it OK.
- dmix 7y ago
  Sure but can't the police handle the identity theft accusations? Which will of course end up involving her work so they'd find out either way and will likely respond in kind. Why bring the FTC and NASA Inspector General's Office... other than to inflict the maximum amount of punishment?
  - mikeash 7y ago
    That’s a specific way of asking, “why bring the employer into it?” And the answer is, because their resources were used to commit the alleged crime.
    - dmix 7y ago
      Which I mentioned doesn't necessarily have to come from an outside agency or inspectors office to have consequences both at work and with police.

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