Streisand effect, too. None of us would have heard about this otherwise.
I had already heard about it on a local security mailing list, but most of us on the list would have preferred to be spared the international embarrassment.
Color me surprised.
I really don't understand the whole "double down" approach to doing things.
you wouldn't; neither would most of us on this site. ~50% of the population wouldn't. They are targeting the 50% + 1 of their state population that voted for this man. They are probably doing a pretty good job of it too.
We won’t know it for sure. Most of the state is not technical so it’s whatever the popular media spins it.
Parsons knew what he was doing, he won’t be embarrassed. It’s a Trumpian move to stir up resentment against the “liberal media” – not something meant to be evaluated critically.