Trump's website had a glitch that would make it say whatever you'd like

Unfortunately, the "hack" no longer works. 😞
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Peter Allen Clark
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In the evening hours of Election Day, stalwart citizens discovered a nefarious "hack" in Donald Trump's campaign website.

Through simply editing the URL that directed to the press release archive, users could make the header say whatever random, clever or combative words they wanted.

All a curious person had to do was put the desired text at the end of the URL separated with "%20".

For example, "https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/archive/trump%20is%20bad%20at%20internet" would turn into this:

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The glitch is no longer effective (sad, I know). The campaign that so staunchly warned against the dangers of "cyber" ended the fun. However, word of it spread very quickly and many had a blast passing time before the next barely informative CNN Key Race Alert.

People wanted to see many different things on Trump's website.

Then there was just the classic poop emoji.

Or you could, if you were quick enough to exploit it, give yourself some self care during this stressful day.

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[H/T Slate]

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Peter Allen Clark

I have done neat stuff all over these United States from sailing lessons on the Puget Sound to motorcycle maintenance on the backroads of upstate New York. My professional experience extends from newspaper reporting in the mountains of Eastern Oregon to fixing espresso machines throughout Kentucky. I also have kept a cat alive for 10 years.

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