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The details of the story seem unlikely and it was probably sloppy journalism, but I haven't found anything besides speculation that claims it happened otherwise
by reledi 13y ago
The details of the story seem unlikely and it was probably sloppy journalism, but I haven't found anything besides speculation that claims it happened otherwise.
It doesn't appear anything was lost in translation:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5864882 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5864882
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5864653 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5864653
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5864577 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5864577
I think the likeliest case was that they searched her laptop, found an open tab with her Facebook messages, then printed the conversation.
- tedunangst 13y agoThat's fair. But "Border agents can read your private messages" conveys a rather different idea than "Border agents can read tabs you leave open".
- reledi 13y agoIt sure does, but that's still just speculation. I think the story carries more weight than my speculation. Ultimately, we'll never really know what happened.