Post by droseraguy on Nov 27, 2013 10:14:54 GMT -5
The title on youtube is Hidden Source Code in Obamacare if the link doesn't work.
I find this very unnerving. What are we signing up for ? Who knows where your information will go and guess what you alread said it's ok if your info gets distributed. "You have no reasonable expectation of privacy for the data transferred or stored on this system." I hope that this is someone twisting the truth for their own benefit to make obamacare look "overlordy".
Are there really people that smart to make this code or is some contractor doing a CYA. Either way is sure will be easy to cull the sheep when Dr. Evil (Austin Powers style) has everyones records.
I want to go back to the days when I could live peacefully with my head in the sand, or rocks.
OK I am an idiot but here is a little more info I just dug up, giving credit to Weeklystandard. Probably some computer geek copied and pasted someone elses code and forgot to erase this part. www.weeklystandard.com/print/blogs/obamacare-website-source-code-no-reasonable-expectation-privacy_762489.html
"The full portion of the code which does not appear on the visible page displayed for users reads as follows:
You have no reasonable expectation of privacy regarding any communication or data transiting or stored on this information system. At any time, and for any lawful Government purpose, the government may monitor, intercept, and search and seize any communication or data transiting or stored on this information system. Any communication or data transiting or stored on this information system may be disclosed or used for any lawful Government purpose. [The sentence beginning "To continue" also appears again, but is only visible once on the page as displayed for users.]
It is unclear why these sentences appear in the code at all since they are not displayed, although the code may simply have been copied from another website that does use the full warning. In this case, the unwanted portion of the warning was rendered inert with HTML coding tags ("<!--" and "-->") usually used by programmers for inserting comments to explain the purpose of a section of code. However, the code can be rendered "live" again by simply removing those tags, in which case the full text would appear on the screen to users. However, it is unclear why the paragraph containing "no reasonable expectation of privacy" would ever have even been considered appropriate in this context.
The phrase "no reasonable expectation of privacy" is actually a stock phrase used in the terms and conditions of many government websites and information systems, but those who are entering personal, medical and financial information at Healthcare.gov may not find that fact reassuring. An email sent on Thursday, October 10, requesting comment from Department of Health and Human Services, the agency responsible for the website, has not yet been returned."
I find this very unnerving. What are we signing up for ? Who knows where your information will go and guess what you alread said it's ok if your info gets distributed. "You have no reasonable expectation of privacy for the data transferred or stored on this system." I hope that this is someone twisting the truth for their own benefit to make obamacare look "overlordy".
Are there really people that smart to make this code or is some contractor doing a CYA. Either way is sure will be easy to cull the sheep when Dr. Evil (Austin Powers style) has everyones records.
I want to go back to the days when I could live peacefully with my head in the sand, or rocks.
OK I am an idiot but here is a little more info I just dug up, giving credit to Weeklystandard. Probably some computer geek copied and pasted someone elses code and forgot to erase this part. www.weeklystandard.com/print/blogs/obamacare-website-source-code-no-reasonable-expectation-privacy_762489.html
"The full portion of the code which does not appear on the visible page displayed for users reads as follows:
You have no reasonable expectation of privacy regarding any communication or data transiting or stored on this information system. At any time, and for any lawful Government purpose, the government may monitor, intercept, and search and seize any communication or data transiting or stored on this information system. Any communication or data transiting or stored on this information system may be disclosed or used for any lawful Government purpose. [The sentence beginning "To continue" also appears again, but is only visible once on the page as displayed for users.]
It is unclear why these sentences appear in the code at all since they are not displayed, although the code may simply have been copied from another website that does use the full warning. In this case, the unwanted portion of the warning was rendered inert with HTML coding tags ("<!--" and "-->") usually used by programmers for inserting comments to explain the purpose of a section of code. However, the code can be rendered "live" again by simply removing those tags, in which case the full text would appear on the screen to users. However, it is unclear why the paragraph containing "no reasonable expectation of privacy" would ever have even been considered appropriate in this context.
The phrase "no reasonable expectation of privacy" is actually a stock phrase used in the terms and conditions of many government websites and information systems, but those who are entering personal, medical and financial information at Healthcare.gov may not find that fact reassuring. An email sent on Thursday, October 10, requesting comment from Department of Health and Human Services, the agency responsible for the website, has not yet been returned."