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BadManOrange 17 points ago +17 / -0

It's an outdated way to transfer files on the internet from the 70s that was still pretty popular until like 10 years ago. Setup a server, have a username and password that's saved as plain text, and have a big directory of files that people can then access and download. Security is shit tier. These days more secure variations exist, so if this guy was using old ftp, then it's more laughable.

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ZeroDeltaTango 8 points ago +8 / -0

TIL the internet was around in the 70s

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endr 7 points ago +7 / -0

sort of, maybe earlier. but time wasn't invented until 1970, so we have no way to prove it.

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brother_red 2 points ago +2 / -0

And time will end in 2038.

So sad.

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MocksFordComma 4 points ago +4 / -0

Someone ask Al Gore when he officially invented. Let's be authoritative here ...

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Logan051361 3 points ago +3 / -0

Thanks

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rivertrek 19 points ago +19 / -0

You see, Logan, when a file feels very strongly about a server, and that same server shares the same very strong, intimate feelings for that special file, there is a natural desire to exchange a username and password amongst them. When that magical moment happens -

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Damadhatter 6 points ago +6 / -0

FTP: "Fliers and The Pollenators" version

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DrVSGGEOTUSPhD 2 points ago +3 / -1

Then the mommy Server gives the daddy File a very special kiss, and the data goes from one to the other... Um, but maybe you would rather wait for when Ms. Translabris is teaching this subject next semester?

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Logan051361 1 point ago +1 / -0

Hahaha

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Bearsgrrr 1 point ago +1 / -0

Hmmm . Makes me think about lovely Nellie and her ham radio. Just another way to fly under the radar?