She had some procedural complaints as well, but she's since started publishing her own "defudged" data tracker at floridacovidaction.com, and as far as I've heard it's never reported any huge difference from the state's numbers.

There was also some controversy of counting those that died in Florida but were not residents of Florida. A marginal difference, but not anything that big.

Her “data” that she publishes on her website was always within 5% of what my Florida county publishes, and within the same margin of what I see on NYT or any other website. I say it’s close enough, so she didn’t expose diddly squat. What she did do is access a state computer system without authorization. That’s a crime, and her guilt or innocence will play out in court... like with other crimes.

There’s no story here, except about a hysterical, attention-seeking woman who poked the wrong bear. Good luck to her. If nothing else, I hope she learns a lesson.

I always laugh at people who press issues like this. It's as if they never prodded authority in high school. In high school, typically the worst case scenario is you get detention or suspension. In the real world, you get sued or go to jail.

It makes me glad I did bureaucratic rebellion then. I learned quickly that the powers that be will never concede to you, people quickly disperse or disown you the moment you need help fighting something, and ideals are worthless things fighting for short of endless mass mobs demanding it.