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What does the theft of personal data have to do with claims of widespread voter fraud?

• anon291 4y ago
  In the article, the right-leaning groups (that the Times called 'election deniers', despite not offering evidence) claimed the company stored data in China. That is likely true. Or at least it's true enough that a judge issued a warrant. Nothing in the article says these groups are claiming this company participated in fraud. Only that they are stealing american data. The article lays out exactly what True the Vote claimed: > Ms. Engelbrecht and Mr. Phillips claimed at the conference and in livestreams that they investigated Konnech in early 2021. Eventually, they said, the group’s team gained access to Konnech’s database by guessing the password, which was “password,” according to the online accounts from people who attended the conference. Once inside, they told attendees, the team downloaded personal information on about 1.8 million poll workers. Based on the case notes, I think this allegation is merited and not a conspiracy theory at all.
  • bandushrew 4y ago
    1.8 million poll workers sounds like a huge number, how many poll workers were there in the US last election?
    • anon291 4y ago
      This is attacking them on a small part of the allegation. The allegation the NYT claimed is a conspiracy is that the data were stored in China. If the NYT had an article on how they overstated how many poll workers data were stored, that may be a fairer critique, but one that wouldn't make such a sensational headline.