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>I don't really like the framing that the reporter is framed for using "view source". This reinforces the idea that the people responsible for this are just une

>I don't really like the framing that the reporter is framed for using "view source". This reinforces the idea that the people responsible for this are just uneducated. I'm sure, at this point, someone already explained them. I don't like the framing either, but for different reasons. From my reading, the journalist is being targeted for reporting the vulnerability or perhaps for exploiting the vulnerability- I'm not sure. To be clear, most websites have some disclaimer that says "don't use this website for unauthorized purposes". This is deliberately vague and includes "don't use SSNs that we leave laying around". Should the website leave SSNs laying around? Definitely not. Should the web site owner have the strong arm of the law come smashing down on them? Absolutely. Should others use those SSNs? Definitely not. If the journalist saw the SSNs and then did nothing, leave him alone. If he did something with them, charge him. If he reported them, and he is being harassed for reporting them, then write an article about that.

pixl97 5y ago
Seeing it and doing nothing is worse in my eyes. That is how you create societies that ignore terrible problems for fear of law enforcement retaliation. The only way he should be charged is if he committed identity theft or sold the numbers. This entire debacle is a direct attack on journalists.
- badRNG 5y ago
  >This entire debacle is a direct attack on journalists. As if this attack on a free press wasn't brazen enough, local PACs have already put out attack ads against the journalist, to frame this as the governor "holding fake news accountable." [1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IBPeRa7U8E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IBPeRa7U8E
- weare138 5y ago
  And it won't stop there. If this becomes case law it's only a matter of time before people in the tech industry are affected.
gaws 5y ago
> From my reading, the journalist is being targeted for reporting the vulnerability or perhaps for exploiting the vulnerability- I'm not sure. He reported on the vulnerability, even telling the state it existed. He never exploited it.

pixl97 5y ago

Seeing it and doing nothing is worse in my eyes. That is how you create societies that ignore terrible problems for fear of law enforcement retaliation. The only way he should be charged is if he committed identity theft or sold the numbers. This entire debacle is a direct attack on journalists.

badRNG 5y ago
>This entire debacle is a direct attack on journalists. As if this attack on a free press wasn't brazen enough, local PACs have already put out attack ads against the journalist, to frame this as the governor "holding fake news accountable." [1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IBPeRa7U8E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IBPeRa7U8E
weare138 5y ago
And it won't stop there. If this becomes case law it's only a matter of time before people in the tech industry are affected.

gaws 5y ago

> From my reading, the journalist is being targeted for reporting the vulnerability or perhaps for exploiting the vulnerability- I'm not sure. He reported on the vulnerability, even telling the state it existed. He never exploited it.