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Re:The governor of Missouri still doesn’t know how websites ... by bawolff on Friday December 31, 2021 @07:43PM (#29754178)
While this is stupid, i don't see anything indicating he doesn't know how websites work.

He seems to want to prosecute the behaviour in question. Yes that's stupid, but i don't see anything indicating he doesn't understand the underlying concepts. Hell, computer laws are so vauge,its not even out of the question that this meets the definition of "hacking".

Just because you disagree with what someone is doing doesn't neccesarily mean they just don't understand.

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Re:The governor of Missouri still doesn’t know how websites ... by abaga129 on Saturday January 01, 2022 @02:08AM (#29756267)
His use of the word "decrypted" shows at least some lack of understanding. The SSNs were in base64 as I understand it so "decoded" would make sense but as we all know these two concepts are vastly different. He uses the locked analogy but there is no key or lock in this scenario.
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