• curiouschipmunk@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    The moment the article says that a malicious UPS firmware could gain root access in the machine I stopped reading, not that my expectations were higher than a razor blade.

  • the_q@lemmy.zip
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    3 months ago

    The real point of Trump saying his election was stolen was to cast doubt. Now even if tampering is true no one is going to believe it, and real evidence will never be found.

    • minnow@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      So there’s this phenomenon where a person can change their mind because of learning new information.

      For example, a person can reasonably say “Our elections are safe and secure” and then, after learning new information, say “Our elections are so insecure.”

      The last four years don’t undermine the current claims because there was no credible evidence that the election was compromised then. But new information contains evidence that this time the election may have been compromised. This new information can and should encourage people to change their minds about how secure our elections are. Changing your mind in the face of new information isn’t hypocrisy, it’s rational thinking.

      As for your last paragraph, confirming the number of people who voted and the number of ballots recorded does nothing to verify that the ballots were recorded correctly. To do that they need to audit the paper ballots against the computerized count, which is a massive undertaking that will require a lot of time and money. There’s nothing simple about that.

  • Reality_Suit@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I knew trumpler was rigging the election as soon as he started making accusations of the same. With him, every accusation is a confession.

  • Chris@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    The allegations are massive but I’m only seeing circumstantial evidence sadly. Please tell me I just didn’t read carefully enough.

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    3 months ago

    If Eaton pushed an update to those UPS units, it could have gained root-level access to the host tabulation environment—without ever modifying certified election software.

    🙄

    Stop with the “IF” bullshit. Either get some hard fucking proof, or shut the fuck up.

    The shit happening in New York has more proof than this dumbshit.

  • LovingHippieCat@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    All the Harris campaign had to do to make sure this wasn’t a thing was simply ask for a recount. That’s it. They had the money. I understand that it might have looked bad as if she was a sore loser, but a recount in one swing state would have been easy, could have shown any discrepancies, and we would have known that either nothing happened or something happened.

    In 2020 they did recount after recount and always found the same result that Biden won. Not doing recounts is insane.

    • manxu@piefed.social
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      3 months ago

      it might have looked bad as if she was a sore loser

      Honestly, not being a sore loser is what ended her political career. She got nothing out of conceding quickly, especially because Biden and Harris both painted a Trump presidency as a cataclysm for democracy.

      If Trump is so bad (spoiler alert: he is), then you can’t just throw in the towel because CBS projects Trump to win Florida. You ultimately become complicit in his victory. And that’s really hard to forgive.