Re:A used voting machine from the 2016 election
by lolc on Saturday July 21, 2018 @05:23AM
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> I don't think we can say with certainty that they didn't.
And so we can't with many other actors. Why single out Russia?
> We know they hacked a voting systems vendor and spear-phished hundreds of election officials
From where I am those claims have not been sufficiently proved. But yes, depending on the credibility you afford leaked NSA documents, it's a reason to focus on Russia. Still I want to caution against the conclusion that evidence of tampering means the Russian state must have done it.
> Possibly to the extent of having operatives in the US to do so or bribing election workers, though I have no evidence of either.
A classic conspiracy theory. It's nice in that it works even when the scheme is exposed as even rumors of it destabilize U.S. politics.
And so we can't with many other actors. Why single out Russia?
> We know they hacked a voting systems vendor and spear-phished hundreds of election officials
From where I am those claims have not been sufficiently proved. But yes, depending on the credibility you afford leaked NSA documents, it's a reason to focus on Russia. Still I want to caution against the conclusion that evidence of tampering means the Russian state must have done it.
> Possibly to the extent of having operatives in the US to do so or bribing election workers, though I have no evidence of either.
A classic conspiracy theory. It's nice in that it works even when the scheme is exposed as even rumors of it destabilize U.S. politics.