Comment on Does the US really have no instruments in case a newly elected president immediatelly and openly exposes he's a nazi?

• merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That’s not what that letter says. It says that operatives may have gained access to the software used to count votes, and if that happened they may have been able to probe that software for weaknesses.

  What it doesn’t say is that there was a subsequent, second breach of the voting machines in which doctored software was then installed.

  It’s like someone gaining access to blueprints for a bank vault. Yes, that theoretically lowers the security of the vault, but it doesn’t prove that a bank heist has taken place, just that a heist is more likely to be possible now.

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  • dragonfucker@lemmy.nz ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Okay so what do you do when the mob gets the blueprints for the bank vault, and then a few weeks later the Don brags about all the money he stole?

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    • merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The Don who lies constantly about everything? Who didn’t even say “we stole the money” but more, “Elmo is good with bank stuff, and we have lots of money”? The same guy who wouldn’t know how to read a blueprint, and would probably just post a picture of the blueprint on social media to generate controversy and traffic? The Don who, if he actually had broken into the bank, wouldn’t be able to shut up about it, and would be bragging about it non-stop, probably by doing live-streams from within the bank vault?

      You don’t assume that he hit the bank. You follow your normal security procedures, and check that what you expect to see in the vault is what you actually see in the vault. Then you just ignore the blowhard.

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      • dragonfucker@lemmy.nz ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        But the people in charge didn’t check. Harris was told to ask for a recount, and she didn’t.

        If the people responsible for security won’t do their due diligence, drag is going to play it safe and assume they fucked up.

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