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Cake day: March 27th, 2025

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  • Not victim blaming, just an objective observation that it’s not a safe prank to play anymore.

    Kid chases a ball into the street and gets hit by a car, it’s the driver’s fault. Kid has the right of way, but parents still teach them to look both ways before crossing because it’s unsafe. Regardless of who’s at fault if there’s a collision, the consequences warrant extra caution. Same deal here. All three cases mentioned in the article resulted in the shooter/driver being arrested; they’re clearly at fault. However, there’s only so much that the law can do to hold somebody accountable for a death after the fact.


  • The initial reports had two pretty specific claims:

    1. There was a compromised Salesforce database that resulted in potential compromise of all gmail users.
    2. Google sent notifications to most/all gmail users indicating they should change their passwords.

    I’ve yet to see a single firsthand notification from Google, so was already skeptical of #2. However, the first claim was debunked pretty quickly by confirmation the Salesforce breach didn’t include gmail data, even without considering how much MFA would negate how dangerous such a breach could be.

    This whole situation throws up way more red flags about tech/cybersecurity reporting than anything on Google’s side.