Originally Posted By DAR <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080918/ap_on_el_pr/palin_hacked;_ylt=Ap2MO188AtcdiKTJd2bl_w2M5QcF" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200..._w2M5QcF</a>
Originally Posted By Mr X Pretty amazing stuff she had to say on the pro-life issue. No wonder the spokesliar told us we should delete it!
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy I'm bothered by any infringement on someone's right to privacy. I wonder what Palin's stance is on federal wiretapping and similar invasions of privacy for Americans under the broad brush stroke of fighting terrorism that GWB has implemented after 9/11?
Originally Posted By Mr X ***So you're not bothered that it's illegal to hack into someone's email?*** Did I say that? Anyway, in this case I'm probably pretty much as bothered by it as you are bothered by affording any rights to dangerous prisoners. In other words, not so much. There's something else that bothers me though...why is she using a yahoo account for state business? Is it to avoid legally having to reveal official communications when demanded? The more we hear, the shadier this woman looks.
Originally Posted By mawnck Didja hear who these "hackers" are, BTW? Anonymous. Same weenies who were going after the Scientologists several months ago. <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article4780133.ece" target="_blank">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/t...0133.ece</a> They are Anonymous. They are legion. Blah blah blah.
Originally Posted By alexbook Apparently, all it took to break into Palin's Yahoo account was her birthday (widely published), ZIP code (there are only two in Wasilla), and the fact that she met her husband at Wasilla High. I definitely don't excuse the hackers, but this should serve as a reminder about how much anybody who cares about their privacy needs to pay attention to security. Don't use simple passwords. Change them frequently. Or just accept that anything you write can be subjected to scrutiny by anybody.
Originally Posted By mawnck New campaign ad: "Sarah Palin. Doesn't even have enough sense to choose a decent Yahoo password." By the way, Anonymous is disappointed: >>"/b/ is now 'epic fail /b/' for not finding anything good in Palin's e-mail," wrote one anonymous commenter on the site, slamming the board with /b/'s highest-order insult. "Seriously, /b/. We could have changed history and failed, epically." "I agree," said another. "This is epic fail. How can there not be something good in those messages?"<< <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/webscout/2008/09/4chans-half-hac.html" target="_blank">http://latimesblogs.latimes.co...hac.html</a>
Originally Posted By alexbook planodisney: What do you mean? How would it be different from the press on it now?
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I think it's reprehensible to hack into someone's private email. But it IS important that she is using private email for state business (and encouraging her staff to do the same). This does give the appearance of inaccountability.
