In Election Hacking, Julian Assange’s Years-Old Vision Becomes Reality

Re:In Election Hacking, Julian Assange’s Years-Old Vision Be... by digler999 on Monday January 09, 2017 @10:33AM (#13357015)

so Hillary and Trump each "hacked" the election by posting negative campaign ads ? how come this pejorative term, "hacking", wasn't used against either of them ?

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Re:In Election Hacking, Julian Assange’s Years-Old Vision Be... by aminorex on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @03:57AM (#13363586)

"Actual computer hacking" in the sense that someone exposed the truth hidden on DNC servers and Podesta''s IMAP server?

Or "actual computer hacking" in the sense that someone downloaded Trump''s tax returns from the IRS servers and passed them to the NYT?

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Re:In Election Hacking, Julian Assange’s Years-Old Vision Be... by burkaman on Monday January 09, 2017 @11:15AM (#13357390)

Because negative campaign ads are a conventional, authorized method of affecting an election. For the same reason, getting a job and going to work every day is not considered a "life hack".

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Re:In Election Hacking, Julian Assange’s Years-Old Vision Be... by digler999 on Monday January 09, 2017 @11:17AM (#13357404)

just like pay-to-play is a "conventional, authorized method" of converting power to cash ?

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Re:In Election Hacking, Julian Assange’s Years-Old Vision Be... by burkaman on Monday January 09, 2017 @11:24AM (#13357474)

You could call bribery "governance hacking" or something if you wanted to, I guess.

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Re:In Election Hacking, Julian Assange’s Years-Old Vision Be... by euyyn on Monday January 09, 2017 @10:40AM (#13357075)

Because this is about actual computer hacking.

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