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Re:What You Should Know Before Leaking a Zoom Meeting by Merman_Mike on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @09:43AM (#25833808)
> [...] due to their mistakes in protecting sources.

This is plainly false.

Neither of them worked directly on the Reality Winner story, especially including handling the leaked material.

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Re:What You Should Know Before Leaking a Zoom Meeting by turbinerneiter on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @10:29AM (#25834347)
"they" = The Intercept

My statement was pretty bad, since it is very simplified and can be misunderstood (since the "they" is ambiguous). I posted the relevant links below, these explain the whole story way better.

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Re:What You Should Know Before Leaking a Zoom Meeting by Merman_Mike on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @11:45AM (#25835303)
Oops, sorry. I didn't even notice that it can be read that way too.
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Re:What You Should Know Before Leaking a Zoom Meeting by Eremotherium on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @10:16AM (#25834179)
It's also plainly true depending who "they" are in "their mistakes".
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