US elections remain 'dangerously vulnerable' to cyber-attacks

Re:US elections remain 'dangerously vulnerable' to cyber-att... by boomboomsubban on Monday August 13, 2018 @08:51PM (#17754813)

>If both parties agree on something without significant contention, odds are a strong majority of the population also agrees with it.

For this to be true, you need a majority of the population to be well informed voters, which just isn't true. I'd be surprised if 25% of American's knew about a US bomb blowing up a bus of schoolchildren recently, and doubt a strong majority would support that bombing. Yet my vote does not matter on the issue.

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Re:US elections remain 'dangerously vulnerable' to cyber-att... by beat on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @09:29AM (#17757682)

And you want these willfully ignorant people voting more?

Not saying it's a bad idea. Questioning whether you're contradicting yourself.

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Re:US elections remain 'dangerously vulnerable' to cyber-att... by boomboomsubban on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @04:53PM (#17761795)

I personally want more than two options, and I don't think the potential ramifications are more dangerous than our current model. I don't think the ignorance is entirely willful, either way I'll choose ignorance over malevolence any day.

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