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by ktd 4638 days ago
What a devious headline. Imagine it as "Codebreaker for MI6 murdered after going to <FILL IN THE BLANK>" and you'll spot the trick here.
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8ig8 4638 days ago
From the article...

"Codebreaker for MI6 murdered after going to Harrods Department Store"

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diydsp 4638 days ago
Codebreaker for M16 murdered after undergoing TSA Search! Codebreaker for M16 murdered after visiting legal prostitution state!

Seriously, this is (yet another) bit of irresponsible journalism headlines (titulars = British?) from Wired. They're trying hard to be "the finger on the pulse of the wild west world of cyberspace." facepalm.wav

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charlus 4638 days ago
To be fair, it was Ck2 who added the word "murdered" not Wired.
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diydsp 4638 days ago
and check it out... Wired has changed the headline... Just like the Guardian did two weeks ago on that "let herself be gang-raped" headline. [1][2] It's now "Codebreaker found in bag attended US security conference before death".

AND as a matter of fact, I just went back to triple-check the Guardian article and guess what? They changed it AGAIN. They replaced the word "molested" with "endured sexual assault."

Are they A/B testing? What is going on?! (wake up sheeple...)

[1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6374829 [2]http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/08/beeban-kidron-in...

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