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It's kind of weird. After all, it's not like the governor is directly responsible for the flaw. Even if his opposition could have indirectly linked his administ

It's kind of weird. After all, it's not like the governor is directly responsible for the flaw. Even if his opposition could have indirectly linked his administration to the flaw, his response has certainly done far more damage to his reputation than that ever could.

weatherlight 5y ago
Most likely voters don't understand how computers work. I'm not sure it'll matter much.
- treeman79 5y ago
  I’m fairly sure he doesn’t understand. Language used makes it sounds he has no clue how html works. Back in 90s, I was constantly being accused of hacking things just for knowing how to build a website. This was also the era of when the news would run phone polls on whether the Internet should be allowed or not. I learn to keep my mouth shut about what I could do unless I was sure it was a tech savvy crowd. This dude brings back a lot of those memories
  - handrous 5y ago
    > This was also the era of when the news would run phone polls on whether the Internet should be allowed or not. Clearly, people answered those polls incorrectly. It should definitely not be allowed.
    - denton-scratch 5y ago
      I agree. Only elites should be allowed to use stuff like LSD, computers and the internet. This can be arranged simply by criminalising it; along with a social convention that elites don't get prosecuted. /s
      - handrous 5y ago
        No, no, no. More LSD. Less Internet.
  - bee_rider 5y ago
    > This was also the era of when the news would run phone polls on whether the Internet should be allowed or not. Given the way things are going, perhaps we should revisit this decision. It seems that there's a population that isn't quite ready for this level of access to [mis]information.
- not2b 5y ago
  For more complex cases this could be an issue, but this one is dead simple: you could do "view source" and see teachers' social security numbers. If they go to trial this case will be laughed out of court.
EtherTyper 5y ago
I still think the governor can be seen as indirectly responsible, since this is a result of insufficient security auditing.

weatherlight 5y ago

Most likely voters don't understand how computers work. I'm not sure it'll matter much.

treeman79 5y ago
I’m fairly sure he doesn’t understand. Language used makes it sounds he has no clue how html works. Back in 90s, I was constantly being accused of hacking things just for knowing how to build a website. This was also the era of when the news would run phone polls on whether the Internet should be allowed or not. I learn to keep my mouth shut about what I could do unless I was sure it was a tech savvy crowd. This dude brings back a lot of those memories
- handrous 5y ago
  > This was also the era of when the news would run phone polls on whether the Internet should be allowed or not. Clearly, people answered those polls incorrectly. It should definitely not be allowed.
  - denton-scratch 5y ago
    I agree. Only elites should be allowed to use stuff like LSD, computers and the internet. This can be arranged simply by criminalising it; along with a social convention that elites don't get prosecuted. /s
    - handrous 5y ago
      No, no, no. More LSD. Less Internet.
- bee_rider 5y ago
  > This was also the era of when the news would run phone polls on whether the Internet should be allowed or not. Given the way things are going, perhaps we should revisit this decision. It seems that there's a population that isn't quite ready for this level of access to [mis]information.
not2b 5y ago
For more complex cases this could be an issue, but this one is dead simple: you could do "view source" and see teachers' social security numbers. If they go to trial this case will be laughed out of court.

EtherTyper 5y ago

I still think the governor can be seen as indirectly responsible, since this is a result of insufficient security auditing.