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A consultant working for the US broadband industry's lobbying group "Broadband for America" sent over 1 million comments to the FCC opposing net neutrality.
Many of the names and email addresses in these comments are tied to a single data breach. Here's how Buzzfeed figured out what happened.
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The New Way to Hack Democracy - Millions of Fake Comments Sent to the FCC
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(Score: 5, Interesting) by Snotnose on Tuesday October 08 2019, @11:56PM (18 children)
What charge? Treason sounds about right.
I'd settle for fraud, or mail fraud. But this shit needs to stop ASAP.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday October 09 2019, @12:02AM (13 children)
Agreed, this shit needs to stop.
But, I have to ask again: Why is all this data accessible to every Tom, Dick, and Sherry on the internet? All your medical data, all your legal data, all your purchasing data, name, age, SSN, education history, on and on it goes. The same internet that brings you porn, carries all of your data to the imaginative hacker/cracker who can figure out how to bypass whatever joke of "security" your hospital/county court house/ business partner/whoever uses.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 09 2019, @12:04AM (4 children)
Because it only takes one bad cog in a million before your SSN (not intended to be a unique idenitfier) or other records are permanently compromised.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday October 09 2019, @12:10AM (1 child)
Exactly. So - we, society in general, rely on all those bad cogs for EVERYTHING. It makes no sense at all.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by coolgopher on Wednesday October 09 2019, @10:40AM
It makes perfect sense. It's the path of least have-to-give-a-fuck.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by c0lo on Wednesday October 09 2019, @12:56AM
Yeah, here's your scapegoat, shred it to pieces.
Don't you mind the MBAs behind the curtain, their are only trying to do their job: maximize profit by externalizing the cost to the society. Making sense or not [soylentnews.org], it is always that cog and that cog alone that's guilty, I tell yea!
Why do you hate capitalism? (grin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 09 2019, @07:19PM
SSN was intended to be a unique identifier.
Just not an authenticator, which is what they use it for.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 09 2019, @12:18AM (1 child)
"Why is all this data accessible"
Because nobody has pressed charges against carriers under wiretapping statutes. Because it probably wouldn't do any good if you did because the federal courts are busily goose stepping the country towards fascism as quickly as possible. And finally because 97% of the country votes for a party that is just one side of a two man con.
Before you even get to the civil rights debate, there is a debate to be had about corporate rights. The corruption exists because of corporate interference. There are cases that could overturn Citizens United. But Federal courts use that "new math" these days. So even if you had a solid case for overturning Citizens United v. FEC, there is some question whether it would get a trial at all.
(Score: 5, Touché) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday October 09 2019, @12:31AM
The United States has the best government money can buy.
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 09 2019, @12:37AM
Yeah, those Trump folks [mediaite.com] have some strange ideas.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/04/larouche-pac-claims-credit-for-eat-the-babies-prank-that-fooled-ocasio-cortez/ [breitbart.com]
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tasneemnashrulla/eat-babies-aoc-town-hall-pro-trump-troll-larouche [buzzfeednews.com]
https://www.alternet.org/2019/10/trump-supporter-who-ranted-about-eating-babies-at-aoc-event-is-member-of-a-lyndon-larouche-fringe-group/ [alternet.org]
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ocasio-cortez-claims-the-woman-who-suggested-eating-babies-to-solve-climate-change-was-a-trump-supporter [washingtonexaminer.com]
https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20191004/pro-trump-group-says-it-staged-eat-babies-outburst-at-ocasio-cortez-event [providencejournal.com]
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday October 09 2019, @01:59AM
Simple: 'cause security is a cost center, and it doesn't look as good on the bottom line if you just put it off. Fuck consequences, only this quarter matters. Thus sayeth the MBA, and if we were smarter than MBAs, why aren't we rich, hmm?
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 09 2019, @03:59PM (3 children)
By the way, you know on your sig that the AOC 'liberal' you refer to was actually a LaRouche plant [washingtonpost.com] and we've known that for about five days now?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday October 09 2019, @04:07PM (2 children)
Yes, thank you, but I'm enjoying the responses.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 09 2019, @07:05PM (1 child)
You actually enjoy getting ass whacks for being a tool of some fringe larouche PAC?!? Wow. Well...whatever turns you on. You do you, I guess.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 10 2019, @08:39PM
Another exame of "winning" being preferred to responsible adult behavior. They are busy cheering on the downfall of democracy and fellating a liar. Too fucking weird, just hypocrites all the way down. Nice to your face (if they like you) and backstabbing cunts whenever their "sensibilities" are hurt.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 09 2019, @12:14AM (1 child)
"Mail fraud" is a federal felony. You DO NOT fuck with the US Postal Service. "Going Postal" is a meme for reason.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday October 09 2019, @01:00AM
LOL! No, really! [bloomberg.com]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 09 2019, @03:13AM (1 child)
Sadly, treason has a very specific and narrow definition in the US Constitution: "Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort." It's going to be hard to make a charge of treason stick given that kind of narrow definition, though anyone trying to subvert the institutions of the United States, especially from within, can be argued to be its enemies, and efforts to do so could be construed as giving aid and comfort to such enemies.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday October 09 2019, @11:48AM