Dotted Lines: The secret of HBO Go

Everyone’s sharing HBO Go passwords, from the President on down. But who’s actually paying for the service?

Jay Hathaway

Updated on June 2 2021 7:12 am CDT

Every evening, the Daily Dot delivers a selection of links worth clicking from around the Web, along with the day’s must-see image or video. We call it Dotted Lines.

The Taliban accidentally reveals its entire PR mailing list by failing to use the BCC function on an email.
The Internet petitions President Obama to nationalize the Twinkie industry.
Google announces Ingress, an impressive new augmented reality role-playing game for Android devices.
Facebook releases some of the data from its 2012 “I’m Voting” campaign.
Justin Timberlake unveils the new Myspace, along with a very confusing explanation of what the site is supposed to be.

Above: CollegeHumor reveals what you already knew about HBO Go: Everyone’s sharing passwords.

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Jay Hathaway

Jay Hathaway is a former senior writer who specialized in internet memes and weird online culture. He previously served as the Daily Dot’s news editor, was a staff writer at Gawker, and edited the classic websites Urlesque and Download Squad. His work has also appeared on nymag.com, suicidegirls.com, and the Morning News.