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by tripzilch 4187 days ago
> They should be waterboarded

Except, you know, for the part where that is an inhumane thing to do, even when done to people that are actually guilty of committing terrible crimes.

> It's astonishing that somewhere out in the modern world there's an api that returns personally identifiable information without requiring any sort of authentication.

Hello, have you met the 21st century? It's a freakshow and clusterfuck of planetary proportions. Although even accepting that fact, yes, I suppose that doesn't make it less astonishing. Spoiler alert: things will probably get even more astonishing before it gets less. Fasten your seatbelts, wear a hat, etc.