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Re:A Twitter app bug was used to match 17M phone numbers to ... by elorant on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @08:13PM (#21876062)
Anyone who isn't stupid. Considering how may big corporations have ties with government agencies, if you try to pull something like that and you get caught you could easily be charged with espionage.
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Re:A Twitter app bug was used to match 17M phone numbers to ... by catalogia on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @05:46AM (#21877990)
Even people with large IQs can be 'temporarily' stupid. Hence the term "lapse in judgement." Somebody who's intelligent but lets their ego run wild might believe they're too smart to get caught.
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