Prior to those elections, discussing the security of voting machines was 'academic' and only concerning from a sec PoV, but after those elections it became some

Prior to those elections, discussing the security of voting machines was 'academic' and only concerning from a sec PoV, but after those elections it became somewhat taboo to discuss the academic aspects of voting machine security for fear it 'legitimized' certain recount requests as well as other accusations around legitimacies...