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I'm not talking about a theoretical world where the whole country could be hacked, monitored, and adjusted as results come in. Every state has a different syste
by burkaman 8y ago
I'm not talking about a theoretical world where the whole country could be hacked, monitored, and adjusted as results come in. Every state has a different system, and very few states have the worst case of digital machines with no paper trail: https://ballotpedia.org/Voting_methods_and_equipment_by_state https://ballotpedia.org/Voting_methods_and_equipment_by_stat...
We can all imagine that computers can be hacked the way you describe, but such computers don't exist everywhere a hacker would need them. Take Michigan as an example, since it was key to Trump's victory and only a handful of counties swayed the results. The entire state uses paper ballots. How can this system be hacked without a massive social engineering conspiracy involving hundreds of people?
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- freehunter 8y ago>without a massive social engineering conspiracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook%E2%80%93Cambridge_Analytica_data_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook%E2%80%93Cambridge_Ana...
- everdev 8y agoDigital misinformation is totally different than forging paper ballots at scale.
- burkaman 8y agoSocial engineering meaning hundreds of election officials committing felonies and never talking about it for the rest of their lives. Cambridge Analytica is not a relevant comparison.
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