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> “hacker took the records of at least three educators, decoded the HTML source code, and viewed the social security number of those specific educators.”

There's so much wrong here - am I to understand that if the state sends you SSNs in plaintext and you read them, _you're_ at fault?




> if the state sends you SSNs in plaintext

No no no. It was decoded from HTML, a process so complex Chrome is able to consume an entire modern desktop computer doing so.


Only if you decode the plaintext with your eyes.




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