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The fact that a statistician suggests an audit leads one to believe there is some evidence or statistical insight here. However there doesn't seem to be any evi

by rubyfan 10y ago

The fact that a statistician suggests an audit leads one to believe there is some evidence or statistical insight here. However there doesn't seem to be any evidence base, rather a good old "let's just check just in case some bad guys did something bad!" I will say it again, "hackers" are the boogie man and worse yet state actors offer any political group an easy way out of having to offer any evidence to cast doubt or dispersion against anything counter to their worldview or agenda.

karmelapple 10y ago
https://mobile.twitter.com/LatishaOrtiz54/status/800794295515000832 https://mobile.twitter.com/LatishaOrtiz54/status/80079429551... https://mobile.twitter.com/LatishaOrtiz54/status/800795235055910913 https://mobile.twitter.com/LatishaOrtiz54/status/80079523505... These were part of the Berkeley team's rationale for asking for investigation. I have not independently verified this claim yet.
- rubyfan 10y ago
  While interesting and warrants a good second look, this isn't evidence of hacking (Russian or otherwise). To attribute or speculate that the Russians somehow hacked voting machines and caused this is a stretch too far.
wu-ikkyu 10y ago
>"hackers" are the boogie man While there is a great deal of misinformation and ignorance in the media regarding info sec, labeling hackers as "boogie men" is irresponsible because it implies the threat is not real.
- rubyfan 10y ago
  That's the problem, it is a threat that is plausible but without statistical or forensic evidence it is F.U.D.
  - wu-ikkyu 10y ago
    F.U.D. is the impetus for info sec audits/analyses. An audit is where the desired forensic evidence would come from.