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Re:The Hackers Russia-Proofing Germany’s Elections by JohnTHaller on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @09:01AM (#14644945)
I didn't realize foreign powers running massive botnets on Facebook and Twitter to share fake news stories was considered an 'election campaign'.
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Re:The Hackers Russia-Proofing Germany’s Elections by unityByFreedom on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @09:07AM (#14644984)
It's more than that. Advertising is legal as long as it's not libel.

Hacking into machines that store voter data isn't legal.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-13/russian-b...

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Re:The Hackers Russia-Proofing Germany’s Elections by travmatt on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @10:34AM (#14645726)
But it is helpful for voter targeting, especially when you pass that information onto republicans who offer to buy it. Also helpful is targeting swing state databases and deleting the voter registrations of people who you think would vote against your candidate.
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Re:The Hackers Russia-Proofing Germany’s Elections by anc84 on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @10:41AM (#14645786)
Did you miss the Cambridge Analytics hype campaign?
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