• Komodo Rodeo@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Heard about this just a few hours ago, and have been laughing ever since. This is going to be brutal, there are people who registered with .gov e-mail addresses. As the use of 4chan has been cited to me as potentially disqualifying people seeking security clearance for government, police, or military careers, this hack single-handedly has the potential to torpedo thousands of edgy bois in one fell swoop.

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      3 days ago

      Keep dreaming. 4chan only has registration for staff. All you have to do to post on 4chan is a captcha. Did you even read the article? It addresses the .edu and .gov rumor as false.

        • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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          I love how you so confidently made your original statement despite not knowing even the bare fucking basics of how the site worked.

          • Komodo Rodeo@lemmy.world
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            User’s data was breached, I laughed because I’m not one of them. This isn’t a doctoral dissertation, I don’t care how it works.

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              2 days ago

              this isnt reddit, we try to read the article before we comment about the article. its just how we like to do things around here, so people dont spread misinfo in the comments.

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      3 days ago

      I’ll never understand anyone that uses their school or work emails for social networking.

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      2 days ago

      honestly a registered .gov address is a great way to recruit new meat into the ICE grinder

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        I’ve been told that for clearance above reliability that social media use becomes an issue. 4chan was specifically cited to me by the person with whom I spoke. I’d assume that this means any/all alphabet government agencies, but Army was all that I heard about specifically.

        “Do you browse or use 4chan?”

        “No.”

        “OK, good, because you weren’t advancing beyond this stage if you said yes.”

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            2 days ago

            Sure, but lying during a process involving security clearance would essentially hang over their head the entire time that they used the credential as a means to get work. It’s not like lying about whether or not you like the food that someone served at a dinner, it sticks.

    • nicolauz@feddit.org
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      Hilarious how you try to make fun of “edgy bois” while being one yourself and simultaneously being wrong.

      If I ever seen a self burn.