[ML-General] elections - thought experiment`

[Satyam Nayak]

5/7 as far as shitposting goes.

On Tue, Sep 20, 2016, 4:12 PM David <ainut at knology.net> wrote:

> Here's hoping there is not repeat of the dozens and dozens of reports of
> voter fraud that accompanied the obamanation "elections."
>
> There's got to be some way to hold these people's feet to the fire.
>
> On 09/20/2016 03:01 PM, Phillip Showers wrote:
>
> How does expressing a hope that 'real hackers' would invalidate our
> national elections by cracking the election systems in place, to 'make
> sure' someone else doesn't do it in any way help the situation, within your
> thought experiment? The act of cracking a machine invalidates its output,
> whether the cracker is wearing a white or a black hat.
>
> The only real way to secure the election would be for those states with
> electronic ballot machines to go back to paper ballots, so that there is a
> physical proof of a vote. The best outcome, if people were really worried
> about blackhat cracking, would be to remove computers from the system.
> Additionally, though some voting machines have been shown to have hardware
> vulnerabilities, these are mitigated by vote staff watching to make sure
> that no one plugs anything into the back of the machines. At the end of the
> day it returns to trust. You either trust that your vote will count or you
> don't. If you don't, then don't bother voting. Problem solved. QED
> Cheers!
> Phil
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 10:32 AM David <ainut at knology.net> wrote:
>
>> In case you didn't notice, it IS about hacking.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 09/20/2016 09:46 AM, Travis Crumpton wrote:
>>
>> The ML-General list is for public discussion about making, hacking, and
>> creating, not shop politics, please use the proper list for this type of
>> discussion
>>
>> Thank you,
>>      Travis
>>
>> On Sep 20, 2016 8:03 AM, "Kirk D Mccann" <kirk.mccann at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Sounds like a little kid trying to get payback when things doesn't go
>>> their way.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 6:17 AM, wesleyswift2 <wesleyswift2 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yeah.   One of the candidates is already claiming voter fraud.   Wants
>>>> all the yahoos to rise up if he doesn't win.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -------- Original message --------
>>>> From: David <ainut at knology.net>
>>>> Date: 9/20/16 12:35 AM (GMT-06:00)
>>>> To: Public discussion about Makers Local and related activities <
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>>>> Subject: [ML-General] elections - thought experiment`
>>>>
>>>> Wouldn't it be fantastic if the real computer hackers made sure the
>>>> upcoming prez election was valid and not faked???
>>>>
>>>>
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