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Re:The FCC.gov Website Lets You Upload Malware Using Its Own... by unit91 on Thursday August 31, 2017 @05:59PM (#15144317)
> He was trying to impersonate the FCC.

Was he? This was obviously satirical. Impersonation involves a genuine attempt at deception, not merely having a few trappings of something official. Otherwise, what's the difference between this and somebody dressing-up as a cop for Halloween?

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Re:The FCC.gov Website Lets You Upload Malware Using Its Own... by throw-away-521 on Thursday August 31, 2017 @07:39PM (#15144950)
It isn't similar to dressing up a cop. It would be similar to dressing up as one, going to the police station, and telling people that they were a cop. Then trying to explain that it was only a joke and they didn't think people would believe them.
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