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I think the background idea is that it will keep trolls fully occupied, so we can hunt down real news whilst they're trolling each other.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I'm one of The People.
That makes it a FACT!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I got a speeding ticket (5km, argh!  )
So anyway, I got an email with a link to the ticket.
I click the link and there it is.
No login, no password, no secret token, no nothing.
Thanks government, for making my speeding ticket public 
All you need to do is guess a 50-something SHA key (or get that link through some other means) 
I can also tell they're running JBoss Web/3.0.0-CR2.
I think the error page is the default JBoss error page.
Their other error page (that you get when the error is "properly" handled?) is literally this:
<div id=error>
<h3>Error!</h3>
</div>
Wow, such professional, much security, so web dev 
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Did it also include instructions on how to pay your fine via Western Union, or do you have to submit your credit card, bank account and passport details to totallynotascammerhonestguv@scammers-r-us.ng? 
(Fake speeding-ticket emails seem to be quite a common scam[^].)
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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They wanted my bank details, which I thought was weird.
But apart from some spelling errors the mail looked legit, so I gave it to them.
Who can we trust if not our governments? 
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For your own sekurity please now reset your credit card PiN to 1234. Thank you Sir.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Alright, and what now?
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Your Windows system is malfunctioning. You must install good program for fix it. 
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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As if the government were not the greatest scammers of all.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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That makes no sense. Unless they changed it very recently, you should just have received a paper letter from the CJIB. And they just take the money, you don't have to give it to them (you can pay early, but they don't need your bank details, they already have them).
modified 25-Apr-17 8:25am.
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harold aptroot wrote: And they just take the money, you don't have to give it to them.
What does that mean? They already have access to your bank account? 
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Well they are part of the government, they have access to literally anything you own including your own person.
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They've never taken the money.
They sent me letters before, but I don't want paper so I receive everything online on mijnoverheid.
Of course I did not expect mijnoverheid to be this insecure
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Sander Rossel wrote: I got a speeding ticket
You know there is a reason why you must have license plates in warning colors (yellow/black)?
Sander Rossel wrote: No login, no password, no secret token, no nothing.
Thanks government, for making my speeding ticket public
That's the actual punishment now and not the ticket. Congratulations, you made it into the driving hazard database.
Sander Rossel wrote: (5km, argh! )
You should not drive any faster with that camping equipment in tow. Still, I will cry a tear or two and drive faster than 200 on my way back home tonight.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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CDP1802 wrote: with that camping equipment in tow
No way in hell I'm going camping. Ever
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Sander Rossel wrote: Wow, such professional, much security, so web dev
You get what you pay for.
Except in the case of government that seems to be an inverse relationship. 
Marc
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Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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I pay for my government. They take about 50% of my salary every month and then some 
I'm starting to get anarchistic tendencies
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Sander Rossel wrote: I'm starting to get anarchistic tendencies
Amen! I consider myself an Anarchist!
Marc
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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And it probably only cost about eight times the going rate to get the site running -- which is OK, because they'll just focus the police's attention on drawing in money for parking and speeding.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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The lesson I learned from this is do not speed.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Then get yourself a better car and take the right road.[^]
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Pedantic Mode On:
But law enforcement (including traffic) isn't actually a government function,
it's civil service.
Pedantic Mode Off:
Maybe they are trying out name & shame?
Sin tack
the any key okay
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Lopatir wrote: name & shame?
There would be little effect They already tried that with the yellow/black license plates in warning colors and now they all are driving around with such license plates.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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