tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post454052508540440354..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-15208248660887348252008-09-18T15:47:00.000-05:002008-09-18T15:47:00.000-05:00-- ... security is so lax, that anything in anyone's e-mail account could be fraud in and of itself --<BR/><BR/>Yes, definitely. If you wanted into my account and knew *anything* about me, you could get into my e-mail. Likewise, we all know a fair bit about Palin - at least enough to figure out her zip code and probably her birthday, too. And if we know that, we're in.<BR/><BR/>No one is safe unless they understand the process of security questions and adjust those questions and answers accordingly.<BR/><BR/>As for your idea of a defense for her, depending on what was in the e-mail she could certainly make it. The more personal family photo attachments and so forth that were in there, though, the more *likely* you could infer it was her account. But yeah, in a general sense, I think you're right and that argument could be made.<BR/><BR/>However, for this specific case, my understanding is she already confirmed it was her account and that it was just recently, temporarily, hijacked. If any e-mails came outside the time period that her account was hijacked, she'd find it difficult to argue that someone put those there.bobisimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17043948097405363106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-19608145997240735792008-09-18T07:22:00.000-05:002008-09-18T07:22:00.000-05:00bobisimo,<BR/><BR/>So what you are saying is that the security is so lax, that anything in anyone's e-mail account could be fraud in and of itself. So any damning e-mails said to have come from her could easily have come from _anyone_, due to the lax security. That is exactly how I would spin it. Security with e-mail is so lax, that unless I see a video of her typing the e-mail, no one can say 100% it was her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-37674123756836122392008-09-18T05:13:00.000-05:002008-09-18T05:13:00.000-05:00Jesus. The password change was allowed if you knew her zip code or her birth date? And the user name wasn't obscured in any way?<BR/><BR/>This isn't anything fancy. There was no need for Obama and his team to fund this kind of effort; *I* could have "hacked" her account.<BR/><BR/>I feel badly for her, but any prominent public figure with that minimal amount of attention on security has to know that they are at risk. Hell, more than at risk.<BR/><BR/>This is why George Bush isn't allowed an e-mail. And now, for better or worse, she's learned that lesson.bobisimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17043948097405363106noreply@blogger.com