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dsc

(52,166 posts)
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 10:11 PM Jun 2015

So I am wondering why the media hasn't pointed out that Hillary's emails

were likely safer than the government's as a whole. We have heard about two major data breeches from what can only be presumed to be government servers, as in the servers that were supposed to be way, way, safer than her server in her house. People who stated that her server might actually be safer than a standard government server were ridiculed. Turns out we might well have been right. Fancy that.

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Cheese Sandwich

(9,086 posts)
1. Because that's probably not true...
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 10:13 PM
Jun 2015

It's very unlikely that an email server in Hillary's compound would be more secure than the president's or secretary of state.

It's possible it was stolen from her garage or whatever.

Actually it was definitely stolen because it was the property of the people, and Hillary stole it for herself by deleting a bunch of it.

wyldwolf

(43,870 posts)
2. that whole brouhaha was always a right wing attack picked up by some progressives out of convenience
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 10:15 PM
Jun 2015

Bonobo

(29,257 posts)
3. Hardly seems the point to me.
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 10:15 PM
Jun 2015

Hillary was a government servant.

She should not have been hosting work emails on her own home server for a whole slew of reasons, not the least which being issues of accountability and transparency.

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
9. Those she was corresponding with had their emails hacked.
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 11:09 PM
Jun 2015

You think there's no way hackers couldn't have gotten into her server, basically run by... some dude? Come on.

 

L0oniX

(31,493 posts)
13. If you don't keep an admin observing all port activity 24/7 you can be hacked.
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 11:44 PM
Jun 2015

There are 65535 ports, TCP and UDP. We used to hack into Chinese servers back in the mid 90's. It was easy because they used Telnet which is insecure. We'd put a port sniffer on it and it would pick up the l/p of whoever used it. After we'd get on the server we would use cross scripting hacks from shell flaws to get root. I know it is much more sophisticated now but the point is that a server needs to have 24/7 admins monitoring everything. If Hillary had that then she was safe but my bet is that she didn't. IMO this is the reason many break-ins are occurring. Cheap ass corporations hiring lazy or inept admins or not running 24/7 monitoring.

 

cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)
11. IF you're right, and Hillary Clinton's server WAS secure, good for you, and good for US.
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 11:31 PM
Jun 2015

If it wasn't secure and got hacked, and Hillary Clinton IS elected President of the United States; I'm thinking we're going to have the Chief Executive who's more open to blackmail than any in history.

Not good for US, or The USA.

onecaliberal

(32,902 posts)
12. I want to see Jeb's emails from the 9-11 period.
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 11:32 PM
Jun 2015

He not only had 1 personal server, but two. all his email on them just like SOS, Clinton.

 

Emily Grierson

(34 posts)
14. I just laugh at the fact that many in the media
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 11:51 PM
Jun 2015

spent their entire Memorial Day weekend looking through the emails for something, anything, and found nothing. hahahaha

I spent my Memorial Day weekend having fun in the sun, and then honoring our lost soldiers.

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