▲ 416 ▼ Yeah, what are you doing with the voting machines? (sh.itjust.works) submitted 4 months ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.ca 45 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://www.reuters.com/world/white-house-delays-release-us-voting-machine-study-midterms-near-2026-06-19/
[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (2 children) The machines in November had network access. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) Why would they need network access? Just have it record the numbers onto a portable drive then upload the results somewhere else that has access. Is it too much work for poll people to transfer a usb stick to a laptop at the end of the day? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago* LOL I was replying to you literally saying the hacking demo at Defcon, where they had the physical machines right there in the room, was "not terribly useful unless you have unfettered access to the machines." I'm saying that wouldn't have mattered in November because they were networked. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) Why would they need network access? Just have it record the numbers onto a portable drive then upload the results somewhere else that has access. Is it too much work for poll people to transfer a usb stick to a laptop at the end of the day? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago* LOL I was replying to you literally saying the hacking demo at Defcon, where they had the physical machines right there in the room, was "not terribly useful unless you have unfettered access to the machines." I'm saying that wouldn't have mattered in November because they were networked. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago* LOL I was replying to you literally saying the hacking demo at Defcon, where they had the physical machines right there in the room, was "not terribly useful unless you have unfettered access to the machines." I'm saying that wouldn't have mattered in November because they were networked. permalink fedilink source parent
