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Clinton Home Servers Had Ports Open (ap.org)
Jim Efaw writes: Hillary Clinton's home servers had more than just the e-mail ports open directly to the Internet. The Associated Press discovered, by using scanning results from 2012 "widely available online", that the clintonemail.com server also had the RDP port open; another machine on her network had the VNC port open, and another one had a web server open even though it didn't appear to be configured for a real site. Clinton previously said that her server featured "numerous safeguards," but hasn't explained what that means. Apparently, requiring a VPN wasn't one of them.
When it comes to building, or using, or setting up software for consumer use, it just sucks. They often have a bidding contract and hand it out to whomever pays the least.
Hillary isn't a techie, she simply reiterates what she is told about things like this. All this shows is that politicians need additional training on the proper way to handle security and privacy. Clinton's mistake is she tried a "do it yourself" or "hire someone yourself" approach, which in some areas isn't a good idea unless you really know what you are doing.
Allow me to quote our future president [and inevitable Nobel Prize winner] and allow you to draw your own conclusions:
Keep a stiff upper lip and don't mix the poison yet... It's way too early to be trying to read the poll numbers/tea leaves. We have a LONG time before the first vote is cast. A lot can happen in 4 months, especially given that the campaigns haven't really geared up yet.
Now if we hit middle January and the first three primary state's polls show it's Clinton/Trump, it's going to get interesting. But I'm willing to bet, one or both of the current "front runners" will be out of the top 2, if not totally out of the race. The alternative possibilities boggle the mind though. Can you imagine a Sanders/Christy race? That'd be bloody... How about Biden/Carson? We'd die of boredom before the election...
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I really hope that this isn't an apology for Hillary.
The worst part are all the relatively smart people who are excusing this, simply because she has a (D) after her name. All I have to say, is if this were Jeb, he would be in jail already.
I seem to recall Governor Sarah Palin using her yahoo email account for official business and not ending up in jail
If one of us lies to a government official under oath or not, we are fined or go to jail (or both...)
Why doesn't this apply to government officials (of any stripe)?
--- Mercutio was right.
Or Powell and Rice each running their own servers while serving as Sec of State, which they both wiped clean upon leaving office.
Odd that the Fox fans seem unaware and uninterested in this- but Hillary doing it is literally Hitler.
I'm not an American, so I'm not really that interested, but I would watch a debate between the top campaign donors for each candidate...
Don't worry. The Democratic party is still working hard to set up the Clinton coronation.
As long as the boat isn't rocked too much, Clinton is our winner in this election.
That could change if they managed to indict Clinton somehow, or Biden joined the race. I don't think Bernie, on his own, will be able to unseat Clinton.
That said, I am not sure that Jeb would beat Bernie. On the other hand, Bernie would get exactly nothing done unless they seriously changed the make-up of Congress.
The Republicans are in a bad state, but they'd re-unite to deal with a President Sanders. An actual socialist is probably something they hate even more than each other.
As a logical, thinking human being, I would take almost anyone other than Sanders. His entire campaign is a bunch of populist promises akin to Homer Simpson when he ran for Sanitation Commissioner. And don't presume the Democrats can't find some new darling like they did with Obama.
If Biden even has a chance at being elected president it is because everyone just wants to hear the insane shit he'll say.
Help us Gary Johnson. You're our only hope.
Help fight poverty: Punch a poor person.
All right, explain your position then. Provide us with the details that you must obviously have that the rest of us aren't aware of.
Do not look into laser with remaining eye.
Not a single criminal complaint of "rape" against him. Some civil suits and informal accusations, but no formal signed accusations of rape, where the accuser would be liable for perjury for false statements.
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