I found a website, http://instanotary.com/users/sign_in?login=1
This is the page where their notaries would log in. Notice the protocol is "http", not "https". The communication between the notary and the website during the login process is not encrypted, allowing the notary's password to be stolen.
The equivalent to this in the paper world is the notary showing up for a signing stark naked.
If this really is connected to MIT, which I seriously doubt, this student will be lucky to get an F in the course that inspired this; expulsion is more likely. |