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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: karajorma on April 18, 2011, 04:01:26 am

Title: Who needs Wikileaks when you have copy and paste?
Post by: karajorma on April 18, 2011, 04:01:26 am
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/18/trident-nuclear-submarine-secrets-leak

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Defence chiefs have been forced into an embarrassing emergency retraction after secret information about the UK's nuclear-powered submarines was inadvertently published on a website.

A technical error meant sections of a Ministry of Defence report that appeared to have been blacked out could in fact be read by anyone who copied and pasted them into another document.

 :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Who needs Wikileaks when you have copy and paste?
Post by: The E on April 18, 2011, 04:05:50 am
"But look, I made it all black! There is NO WAY anyone can read it now!"


In other news, computer literacy sure would be a nice thing to have in government officials, wouldn't it?
Title: Re: Who needs Wikileaks when you have copy and paste?
Post by: JCDNWarrior on April 18, 2011, 04:06:29 am
Incompetence at it's best. I'm amazed by the hundreds of cases i've seen of ineptitute in organisations of power. You'd think with all the astronomical budgets that they'd have real experts at work at Defense, especially given their close relationships with intelligence agencies.
Title: Re: Who needs Wikileaks when you have copy and paste?
Post by: The E on April 18, 2011, 04:09:39 am
It's all part of the same thinking that treats computers as magical typewriters.
Title: Re: Who needs Wikileaks when you have copy and paste?
Post by: Grizzly on April 18, 2011, 04:10:54 am
Military rule number 1:

Cover does not equal concealment.

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Note though, this might not be such a big failure as it sounds. Well, it is big, but since PDF allows you to disallow copy and paste, something might have simply gone wrong there. A simple error instead of a massive fail in computer literacy.
Title: Re: Who needs Wikileaks when you have copy and paste?
Post by: The E on April 18, 2011, 04:45:31 am
Even if you disable copy/paste, the text would still be available, you'd just need Acrobat or some other PDF authoring tool.
Title: Re: Who needs Wikileaks when you have copy and paste?
Post by: Shivan Hunter on April 18, 2011, 04:58:22 am
Defence chiefs: "O god how did this get here I am not good with computer"
Title: Re: Who needs Wikileaks when you have copy and paste?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on April 18, 2011, 05:24:19 am
Quote from: JCDNWarrior on April 18, 2011, 04:06:29 am
Incompetence at it's best. I'm amazed by the hundreds of cases i've seen of ineptitute in organisations of power. You'd think with all the astronomical budgets that they'd have real experts at work at Defense, especially given their close relationships with intelligence agencies.

i've always known the government as a whole is retarded, but now that i work for it, it's on a whole new level.  PC run amok has let the most unbelievable idiots in and kept them here.  for example, we had a guy with a borderline serial killer personality throw a tantrum when none of the departments wanted him.  one of the recruiters said his resume was stamped with a big "do not hire," but they had to let him in because he was a veteran.  by which i mean he was dishonorably discharged from the navy and somehow got the dishonorable part removed later. 
Title: Re: Who needs Wikileaks when you have copy and paste?
Post by: Nuke on April 18, 2011, 06:02:19 am
so what do we know now about uks nukesubs. does this help me better nuke things?
Title: Re: Who needs Wikileaks when you have copy and paste?
Post by: Grizzly on April 18, 2011, 06:52:27 am
Quote from: Nuke on April 18, 2011, 06:02:19 am
so what do we know now about uks nukesubs. does this help me better nuke things?

No, it only allows you to carry them around better. And in concealment.
Title: Re: Who needs Wikileaks when you have copy and paste?
Post by: karajorma on April 18, 2011, 07:26:45 am
US secrets were also leaked by accident as a result of this. :p
Title: Re: Who needs Wikileaks when you have copy and paste?
Post by: S-99 on April 18, 2011, 11:27:44 pm
Quote from: The E on April 18, 2011, 04:05:50 am
Spoiler:
"But look, I made it all black! There is NO WAY anyone can read it now!"

Fixed that for you.
Quote from: -Joshua- on April 18, 2011, 04:10:54 am
Note though, this might not be such a big failure as it sounds. Well, it is big, but since PDF allows you to disallow copy and paste, something might have simply gone wrong there. A simple error instead of a massive fail in computer literacy.
Quote from: The E on April 18, 2011, 04:45:31 am
Even if you disable copy/paste, the text would still be available, you'd just need Acrobat or some other PDF authoring tool.
Spoiler:
SCREENSHOTS!!!!!!
Title: Re: Who needs Wikileaks when you have copy and paste?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on April 18, 2011, 11:50:12 pm
Quote from: The E on April 18, 2011, 04:45:31 am
Even if you disable copy/paste, the text would still be available, you'd just need Acrobat or some other PDF authoring tool.

Print Screen. :nervous:
Title: Re: Who needs Wikileaks when you have copy and paste?
Post by: S-99 on April 19, 2011, 12:36:35 am
You found out how to reveal my text!!!! What do i do now?

EDIT: Im surprised the use of spoiler tags didnt come up in the first post actually.