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Voting Machine Hacking Village DEF CON 25 (This is how Trump won) (Original Post) UCmeNdc Jul 2017 OP
Argh! Reading the comments... WePurrsevere Jul 2017 #1
You may think that the hackers that take the machines apart would not have that opportunity. Dustlawyer Jul 2017 #2
3 poll books were stolen from private car at strip mall in GA prior to D11 election. CottonBear Jul 2017 #3
Please send this on to the DNC and Democrats.org. Maraya1969 Jul 2017 #4
If this is so easy, why aren't pro-Democrat groups hacking the elections? Orrex Jul 2017 #5
I realize you wrote "Democrat", not "Democratic"... robbob Jul 2017 #6
LOL. I second-guessed my word choice, actually Orrex Jul 2017 #9
Three things cubbies01 Jul 2017 #7
Well spoken. byronius Jul 2017 #12
We have know since W.'s buddies Diebold DK504 Jul 2017 #8
Haven't I been saying this all along? joanbarnes Jul 2017 #10
Electronic voting may lead to the death of the human race. byronius Jul 2017 #11
Here is the video: L. Coyote Jul 2017 #13
Sad but true... K&R 2naSalit Jul 2017 #14
bookmarking liberalla Aug 2017 #15

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
1. Argh! Reading the comments...
Mon Jul 31, 2017, 07:20 AM
Jul 2017

Some (Bots and/or idiots) are totally (deliberately?) missing that some of these hacks were done remotely with Wi-Fi & Bluetooth and blowing it off as 'nothing to see here' because SOME chose to take them apart.

I checked out C/Net's coverage of it and the comments are even worse. Damn fools.

Dustlawyer

(10,495 posts)
2. You may think that the hackers that take the machines apart would not have that opportunity.
Mon Jul 31, 2017, 07:24 AM
Jul 2017

Many counties store these machines in un-secure or lightly secure locations where they sit for a year or more, plenty of time to do whatever they want to.

CottonBear

(21,596 posts)
3. 3 poll books were stolen from private car at strip mall in GA prior to D11 election.
Mon Jul 31, 2017, 07:40 AM
Jul 2017

Of course GOP SoS, Brian Kemp, said there was nothing to worry about. End of story.

WTF? Poll worker just driving around and shopping with poll books in his car?

Maraya1969

(22,480 posts)
4. Please send this on to the DNC and Democrats.org.
Mon Jul 31, 2017, 08:50 AM
Jul 2017

I knew this happened and it also happened all over the place with congress and the senate.

The more people who bring this up the better.

https://my.democrats.org/page/s/contact

Mailing address:
Democratic National Committee
430 South Capitol St. SE
Washington, DC 20003

Main phone number: 202-863-8000

For questions about contributions, please call 877-336-7200.

robbob

(3,528 posts)
6. I realize you wrote "Democrat", not "Democratic"...
Mon Jul 31, 2017, 09:41 AM
Jul 2017

But I still got a chuckle thinking how "pro-Democratic groups hacking an election" is quite the oxymoron...😁

Orrex

(63,209 posts)
9. LOL. I second-guessed my word choice, actually
Mon Jul 31, 2017, 10:24 AM
Jul 2017

In the end, I went with pro-Democrat not as in "the Democrat party" but as in "I voted for the Democrat."

But your observation is amusing all the same!

cubbies01

(85 posts)
7. Three things
Mon Jul 31, 2017, 09:44 AM
Jul 2017

1) The numbers were very odd. I recall some people from MIT (I think) pointing out how weird they were. It was like magic. He won every swing state in Midwest.

B) Trump projects so badly. And was stating election was going to be stolen if he lost.

III) Within the first 24-48 hours I believe our nation's intel people strongly believed the results were tampered with and now they know for sure it was. Such a thing will never see the light of day now, but it may someday. The reality would have been chaos and really really bad to in late December show the nation election was hacked and Hillary won. Blood on streets bad. Perhaps even the main Russian goal really.

DK504

(3,847 posts)
8. We have know since W.'s buddies Diebold
Mon Jul 31, 2017, 09:56 AM
Jul 2017

were allowed in as voting machines that they could be hacked and were unable to hold a voters vote. This has been proven since the first ballot was cast. The states that use this idiotic machines have also refused to buy the security patches since buying them.

I feel if a voting machine needs a security patch to make a vote valid needs to be trashed as scrap.

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