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Re:Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found ... by tremon on Thursday October 14, 2021 @05:52PM (#28870680)
But this is assuming that the server has more agency than it does.

No, it merely assumes the server is acting on authority of the organization identified by the domain name. It doesn't assume agency, only representation.

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Re:Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found ... by Spivak on Thursday October 14, 2021 @08:48PM (#28872420)
Which also seems nuts. Like they’re servers. How anyone assumes that some Ruby code can be acting as an authoritative representative of the government is silly.
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Re:Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found ... by tremon on Thursday October 14, 2021 @09:21PM (#28872729)
Yes, how could anyone assume that the ATM down the street can be acting as an authoritative representative of your bank when you insert your card? That's just silly.

/s

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Re:Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found ... by Spivak on Thursday October 14, 2021 @11:12PM (#28873748)
But that’s exactly right! It’s not. If the machine has a bug and reports the wrong balance or gives you too much or not enough money on withdrawals it’s explicitly not authoritative and you can get it corrected by an actual representative of the bank.
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Re:Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found ... by Ginden on Friday October 15, 2021 @07:10AM (#28876516)
If human in government office has a bug and reports wrong result when queried, it can be corrected by their higher-up.
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