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I've never heard of them verifying the information. They said they didn't even know where it came from. I doubt the DNC helped verify the emails. > what misinf
by hackuser 10y ago
I've never heard of them verifying the information. They said they didn't even know where it came from. I doubt the DNC helped verify the emails.
> what misinformation have they spread?
Russian intelligence provided them with the data. I think we can assume it wasn't the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
EDIT: You are correct that I can't prove that it's misinformation. However, that is a normal part of a sophisticated misinformation campaign - that its targets can't discern real info from misinfo. It doesn't make my assertion correct but the absence of proof hardly makes it unlikely.
- grandalf 10y agoUh, the emails were verified as unaltered via DKIM signatures. Once Wikileaks did this all the talk of doctoring vanished, but you appear not to have realized this.
- hackuser 10y agoThat's not what I saw, I followed the issue closely and hardly saw anyone bring up that it was a likely misinformation campaign. But please let's discuss here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12990832 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12990832