alt Hacker NewsAh yes the government was putting teacher SSNs on the html client-side. Someone inspected element and found them and reported it. The governor went on a personal vendetta and tried to get him charged with CFAA violations which are no joke.
Made me realize we need way more coders in congress that understand basic technology. Especially with AI becoming a big part of society.
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sagarm • today at 12:20 AM
This is not the answer to this problem. Instead vulnerability researchers should share their findings with potential victims so they can sue rather than reporting to Republican state governments that will simply sue them.
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I don't think understanding is the issue. It doesn't take a lot of tech knowledge to understand "the SSNs were all being sent, they were just hidden poorly."
What we need is fewer vindictive, fragile people in positions of power. Unfortunately this is an unsolved problem.