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A subset of these messages could be leaked to produce very different optics. Say, only leak the wildest messages sent to certain celebrities or politicians in o
by saas_sam 6y ago
A subset of these messages could be leaked to produce very different optics. Say, only leak the wildest messages sent to certain celebrities or politicians in order to create the perception that their fanbase is purely of that kind, while holding back the more reasonable messages that may make up the majority.
- giarc 6y agoIt's unlikely that celebrities and politicians allow DMs from any account. I think that setting is off by default.
- slg 6y agoLet's not forget this is almost exactly what happened during the 2016 election. Both the RNC and DNC were hacked.[1] The RNC data simply was never leaked. There are multiple reasons why that might have been the case. [1] - https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/politics/comey-republicans-hacked-russia/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/politics/comey-republicans-ha...
- Natsu 6y ago> Comey said there was no sign "that the Trump campaign or the current RNC was successfully hacked." Sounds like they got nothing interesting.
- slg 6y agoThe most important word in that quote is "current". The RNC was hacked, but it was "old" data. That data was never leaked. It isn't known exactly what time frames constitute "old" and "current" in this context. Maybe the data wasn't leaked because it didn't have value. That is one of those multiple reasons I alluded to in the previous post. There are also several less optimistic reasons why that data wouldn't have been leaked.
- Natsu 6y agoTrue, but given that Strzok's own notes were recently released and they'd found no coordination with Russia at all, it reads like a conspiracy theory.
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- zionic 6y agoIsn't this quiet dishonest? IIRC a single RNC dude got hacked and his years-old personal outlook got stolen. Meanwhile the DNC had everything get pwned right at the server.
- slg 6y agoYou remember incorrectly. It was a server used by two of the most prominent GOP Senators not a "years-old personal outlook" from a "single RNC dude". Per the NYT[1] >Federal investigators, speaking on background, have said that a single email server used by that contractor had been penetrated. But it was going out of service, and contained outdated material that the Russians probably found of little value. People with direct knowledge of the server’s contents said it had been used by Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain. Maybe nothing of value was on that server. The general public has no way of knowing because the data was never leaked. And even if the emails themselves didn't provide any incriminating information, I think controversies like pizzagate have shown that even leaks of mundane data can have political repercussions. [1] - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/us/politics/russia-hack-hearing-clapper-rogers-brennan.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/us/politics/russia-hack-h...
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- evan_ 6y agoDMs from fans are probably not the interesting thing, DMs between personal friends would be far more interesting because they would contain information the person was trying to keep from the public. Hackers might publish 99% real content with a few minor changes to make it seem like the person who was hacked was doing something they weren't- or they could just make up entirely new meanings for boring conversations as in Pizzagate.