• big_slap@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      However, Jared Holt, a senior researcher at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, points out that in terms of wilder rumors about .edu and .gov email addresses in the leaked lists, “the source for this claim was not legit…after spending the morning with what materials I could halfway assess as legit I am sad to report that this is a real snoozer.”

      come on man, read the article lol

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      7 months ago

      Why would anyone use their real email on 4chan? I wouldn’t touch it without at least a proxy or two and a vpn.

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