Re:Agents raid home of fired Florida data scientist who buil...
by x86ARMsRace on Monday December 07, 2020 @07:46PM
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While the arrest may or may not be unjust, the fact of the matter is that she broke the law. Which typically results in police showing up. Regardless of your attitude about what she did, the title can be really boiled down to 'data scientist releases confidential federal data; gets arrested'.
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Re:Agents raid home of fired Florida data scientist who buil...
by elicash on Monday December 07, 2020 @08:01PM
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How is it "the fact of the matter that she broke the law?"
She hasn't even been accused of breaking the law. There have been zero charges.
Re:Agents raid home of fired Florida data scientist who buil...
by inetsee on Monday December 07, 2020 @08:00PM
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Can you explain to me why COVID-19 data should be considered confidential? My first thought is that she got raided because she was releasing data that contradicted the Official Florida State COVID-19 data.
Re:Agents raid home of fired Florida data scientist who buil...
by zaphar on Monday December 07, 2020 @08:22PM
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The alleged crime is unauthorized access to a government communication system and has nothing to do with covid-19 data.
The evidence provided in the article for the crime is flimsy at best however. The communication system had a shared username and password for everyone and the warrant was reported to be based on an IP address that was believed to be the source of the unauthorized access.
It seems reasonable to go 50/50 on either of:
1. they looked for and found a reason to charge her with this as retribution for her work.
2. she was disgruntled enough about being let go that she illegally accessed a poorly secured government system to send a retaliatory communication.
There is no where near enough information to know which is which though.