So Gov. Sarah Palin’s Yahoo mail account was hacked by, I suspect, a 15 year old /b/tard. I for one find this the funniest thing that has happened during this entire campaign. “But Keenan,” you say, “no one deserves to have their privacy violated like that!” I say you’re wrong, and here’s why:
1. Mrs. Palin’s Party feels they have the right to intercept and monitor ANY form of communication you or I send without a warrant. This feels like Internet Justice on that front.
2. Mrs. Palin was using her account to illegally discuss state matters with other state employees. It’s suspected she was doing so in order to keep these e-mails from being subpoenaed by the FBI regarding her abuse of power case in Alaska.
3. Mrs. Palin was using a GODDAMN YAHOO MAIL ACCOUNT! This is the part that blows my freakin’ mind. I expect politicians to at least be adept at being evasive. Anyone on the internet should know that your Ymail, hotmail, myspace, facebook, etc. accounts are only safe because no one gives a rat’s ass about your e-mail or weblog. This security feature is shattered when you become a celebrity of any sort. Do you think Brad Pitt’s e-mail address is brad.pitt@yahoo.com? FUCK NO ITS NOT! If you’re famous you
A. Don’t make the address a slight variation of your real name.
B. Don’t use a web-based account for personal info of any sort and
C.Don’t leave anything in the account you wouldn’t be comfortable showing EVERYONE.
Really this just shows an incredible naivety and lack of judgment on her part, which I think is the most damning part of the whole incident.
Remember kiddies: web based accounts are only “secure” because no one cares. Anyone with access to the internet and the information it provides on rudimentary hacking CAN EVENTUALLY HACK YOUR ACCOUNT!
Now you know.
And knowing is half the battle.
Go JOE!
And really, Ymail? She’s not even cool enough for Gmail? The only reason I have a Ymail account is because I created it before the invention of Google.
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