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Confused governor says looking at webpage's HTML is criminal hacking:
Gov. Mike Parson is sick and tired of all these sophisticated, no-good hackers and he's not going to take it any more. It's too bad the Missouri Republican has no idea what he's talking about.
During a Thursday press conference, the confused elected official lashed out at a journalist who reported a vulnerability in an official Department of Elementary and Secondary Education website. The reporter, notably, waited until officials fixed the error before publishing the story. The flaw? The website apparently included teachers' Social Security numbers in the HTML.
"Though no private information was clearly visible nor searchable on any of the web pages, the newspaper found that teachers' Social Security numbers were contained in the HTML source code of the pages involved," reported the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Parson, who apparently has never heard of "view source," obliquely threatened the Post reporter with prosecution.
"The state is committing to bring to justice anyone who hacked our system and anyone who aided or encouraged them to do so — in accordance with what Missouri law allows AND requires," wrote Parson.
[... - plenty snipped - ...] Parson, in other words, has no idea what he's talking about.
canopic jug augments that with the following other sources:
Governor Mike Parson wishes that ctrl-u or f12 will become illegal. This was actually a breach of personal information, including SSANs, for over 100,000 people.
https://text.npr.org/1046124278
https://www.salon.com/2021/10/14/missouri-governor-threatens-criminal-prosecution-of-reporter-found-security-flaw-in-state-site_partner/
https://itwire.com/security/missouri-goes-after-man-who-looked-at-source-code-on-state-site.html
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/missouri-governor-teacher-data-hacking-1242493/
https://coldstreams.com/2021/10/14/no-it-isnt-missouri-governor-says-viewing-html-source-code-containing-private-data-the-state-published-on-every-page-is-a-crime/
https://abc17news.com/news/missouri/2021/10/14/gov-parson-threatens-legal-action-against-reporter-who-exposed-flaw-on-state-education-departments-website/
https://heavy.com/news/gov-mike-parson-html-source-code-decoded-ssn/
(Score: 4, Informative) by canopic jug on Monday October 18 2021, @02:07PM (7 children)
He did recommend injection, it's just unclear from his incoherent ramblings whether he meant intravenous injection or else flushing the lungs with it or something else. Either way it doesn't matter.
Money is not free speech. Elections should not be auctions.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Monday October 18 2021, @02:23PM (6 children)
"So it would be interesting to check that." is not equivalent to saying "we need to do that". Read the quotes again. You're right that he rambles around in that interview, disjointed and ridiculous sounding. He's trying to keep up with the smarter kids, and too dumb to sit down and shut up. But he DID NOT tell people to inject bleach.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 18 2021, @03:31PM (2 children)
It's a new language forming. Call it TDS English. Where Trump saying that voters need to know their votes will count turns into "Trump urges Republicans not to vote".
(Score: 1, Troll) by DannyB on Monday October 18 2021, @04:21PM
Here are some facts for you. [businessinsider.com] And some more facts. [yahoo.com]
Here are my predictions:
1. Nobody backs the orange one's big lie about the 2020 election
2. Republicans dutifully sit out the 2022 and 2024 election because
godTrump told them to3. Weeping and
wailingwhaling about how the 2022 and 2024 elections were stolen! Massive conspiracy! Election fraud! Blame the voting machine manufacturers! etc.If you think a fertilized egg is a child but an immigrant child is not, please don't pretend your concerns are religious
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 19 2021, @12:15PM
I don't understand this Trump Derangement Syndrome. Is it like Projection?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection [wikipedia.org]
Like when you say the "other side is deranged" while meaning themselves are the ones deranged? The definition is rather plain
I see the TDS everywhere, where the so called "Trump Supporters" cannot act rationally
* vaccines
* the so called "critical race theory" or at least what they are fed it to be
* China
* COVID
* global warming
and the list goes on. Rational thought means you act with FACTS on your back. Nothing from the so called "Trump Supporters" is backed by actual facts but irrational fears and innuendos and talking points of the far-right authoritarians. And if you try to use FACTS, these so called "Trump Supporters" are the first to employ their "Cancel Culture".
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumpist-lawyers-lin-wood-tell-georgia-republicans-dont-vote-in-the-senate-runoff [thedailybeast.com]
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-tells-republicans-not-to-vote-in-2022-or-2024 [thedailybeast.com]
FACTS. Or is english spoken by those deranged by Trump no longer logical? I hear Nazis are still trying to find Hitler tunnels in Antarctica. And of course, he's still alive. Like that type of derangement??
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/weird-antarctica---the-truth-behind-secret-nazi-bases-and-aliens/12325562 [abc.net.au]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 18 2021, @03:38PM
The horrified look on Brix's face when he asked her that suggests otherwise for the intent of the question.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 18 2021, @08:35PM (1 child)
I am so happy to see further evidence that Runaway1956 does not like ex-impeached President Trump, and did not vote for him, and would only defend him for having said really stupid things by citing the DailyWire rightwing demented website. Yeah, if only there was some way we could inject bleach, or very strong light, or nuclear bombs. Oh, and since Trump is the best-est precendent ever, the election must have been rigged! Such a simple genius! What a maroon!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 19 2021, @03:03AM
Republicans have become toddlers. Tantrum throwing reality denying toddlers. Bad news is they can purchase guns. Good news is they don't actually want consequences for their choices so most will not go on murder sprees.