Pen-testing is part of good security…
…but let’s be real, anyone who believes Trump won’t exploit this rather than patch it is delusional.
Lock him up.
That would make sense, if it wasn’t because he is likely to drop dead any time now. Motherfucker looks like he already died but nobody is willing to tell him.
He tried to grab the Furies by the pus*y and they sent him back
Both GW Bush in 2000, and Trump in 2016, lost the popular vote yet won the electoral college. They went on to appoint the conservative majority to the Supreme Court. The system has already been subverted with no meaningful attempts at reform.
Yeah, this election is gonna be stolen for sure… And guess what, Muricans will do nothing about it. They will throw their hands in the air and say “well, I tried”.
They already should have done something when their brain dead / brainwashed compatriots elected a CHILD-RAPING FELON, but nope. Sure, he was (possibly) “fairly” elected, that doesn’t mean you can’t show your “dissatisfaction” for it.
I never understand the point of the “But he was elected fairly” angle. So was Vladimir Putin as far as anyone can tell, so was Adolf Hitler, so was Stalin, the only major dictator of the last century that I can think of that definitely seized power through illegitimate means is Castro I suppose you could also make an argument for the CCP but certain people refute that.
Most dictators become dictators over time, the vast majority don’t grab power from a legitimate government because they would instantly have a fight on their hands. Usually that only happens with the US’s assistance.
Tolerance requires intolerance against intolerance.
Democracy needs a fast and sure actions against dictators and fascists, not soft words and long tedious processes
This pedophile wants to be Porfirio Diaz soooo bad
I read a story yesterday about Dolly Parton’s sister and a few others saying they watched their votes for a democrat switch to the republican candidate before their eyes. She said she had to try it 3 times before it registered the correct vote. Though I have no more information than that I find this extremely troubling knowing with certainty that Trump and his enablers are completely willing to do this and worse in order to stay in power. Pay very close attention when you’re voting.
That isn’t really what is at risk, that’s just a MAGA poll worker deliberately sabotaging the touch screen calibration. It might be an attempt at election theft, but what Trump is seeking to do is much more covert and you won’t even notice it. They will try to see if and where they can flip the tallies and mess with the paper trail if there is any, and that’s only on one of the levels he will be trying to steal the midterms.
Is there confirmation that’s what happened? It’s certainly a valid theory but all I’ve seen about the two cases I read was speculation.
It’s an informed assumption based on historical precedent and the combination of plausible deniability with level of ease to implement that only statistics can really disprove as anything but speculation. There’s also less eyes this time around because independent observers like OSCE have been prevented from participating.
These issues are nothing new, but are so old some of the articles that have discussed them in the past are no longer even accessible:
https://verifiedvoting.org/vote-flipping-and-touch-screen-calibration/
Uplifting: He already looks like a cadaver.
Absolutely.
Why do it in secret? Def con does it as sport.
Independent testing of voting machines and open sourcing the vulnerabilities in order to get them patched, is a good idea.
Unfortunately, we all know what the Trump Regime actually intends to do: Keep the vulnerabilities in their pocket, and use them to secure “victories”.
Also to discredit and/or try to nullify a not-so-favorable election outcome afterwards.
Yeah i agree. It’s a search for a half-truth they can base an argument on, but classify enough info around it to make it difficult to challenge or investigate.
Don’t they have voting machines every year at DEFCON?
I feel like this is already been litigated.
“Mitigated”, but yes, that’s a good point. I’m sure it was put through its paces there.
Oh, it’s been litigated alright: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_Voting_Systems_v._Fox_News_Network
True! I forgot about that.
I figured they meant technologically mitigated but you’re right they could’ve meant legally litigated.
No that’s a different word.
Litigated, means to have already discussed and arrived at an answer.
Mitigated, means a solution is already in place. No one’s fixed the issue so it’s litigated, but not mitigated.
I meant what I said.
November 2023 repeat with another minor update.
It’s totally fine though. Since no one in America has the balls to do anything about it- it’s legal.
The land of the questionably free and not so often brave.
The land of the once free and somewhat brave, but it was quite a lag time ago.
Careful, they LOVE to get really fucking defensive and shitty about their cowardice.
They’re the elephant that was tied to a stake as a baby
They have accepted their fate and are resigned to being fucked over
So they hate the people around them, rather than the cunts who put in the stake
Oh I know too well.
The administration wanted a voting machine hacked, but DOGE had already fired the experts capable of doing it. Apparently the one thing stopping a potential election conspiracy was Elon Musk’s ability to make government incompetent at absolutely everything. Task failed successfully.
Wtf… you talking about 12 y/os have cracked voting machi… wait trump administration, nevermind.
They just went private
Or so þe Trumpers would have you believe.
Why do these people with fucked up keyboards persist in the fediverse
They think it helps prevent their comments from being used by LLMs or “poisons” them.
It should be obvious why that would never had been a thing from day one. But now, ironically, their use of it reinforces “þ” as a substitute so it’s prob been years since it’s needed to be in pre-training code too.
It’s quite literally a tinfoil hat.
This is probably the least harmful tinfoil hat on the internet.
Honestly, I don’t get why people are so aggressive towards Sxan. If it bugs you, just block them and be on your way. The first time I saw the thorn it was a curiosity. Once I knew what the intended purpose was it was easy to just shrug and move on. I’ve actually gotten used to it now and its not an inconvenience at all to read.
Constantly harassing someone because they fancy the use of a non-standard character in their comments is ludicrous behaviour, especially since we all have the tools to filter posts/users from our feeds at will; a few clicks and you never have to worry about it again.
No one’s being aggressive, harassing, or being bothered. Just pointing out what it is.
I mean, you just basically said the same thing yourself 🤷
They might just be a fan of the letter thorn (þ):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJxKyh9e5_A
https://www.tiktok.com/@robwords/video/6925843027462278406?lang=en
I think people just like to bitch about þorn. You know what it says, so what’s þe issue?
þere’s so much þorn on þe Internet þese days, it might be out of control.
Normally vulnerability testing would be a good thing, but in this case I think it’s safe to assume the worst motivations for it.
Calling big balls.
