▲ 617 ▼ Trump officials asked CISA to secretly hack a voting machine — and not disclose any vulnerabilities they found (www.techradar.com) submitted 3 weeks ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 52 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] radiofreebc@lemmy.world -20 points 3 weeks ago (9 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (4 children) fuck you, asshole. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] gian@lemmy.grys.it -7 points 3 weeks ago Choose better politicians then... permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world -3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children) I mean, on some level, they're not wrong. We get what we vote for. The best government money can buy... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jomega@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 child) The irony of posting this take under an article about rigging an election. Think for a second, what are the odds that this is the first time they tried this? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 point 2 weeks ago Oh totally, elections have definitely been tampered with in the past. And that can account for surprising swings in a district here or there. But they can only do it discreetly because it's already such a close race. We've had this problem for a long time. Also, I don't know if you caught it, but "the best government money can buy" is not a compliment. The US government has been outright purchased by big business. The corporations lobby constantly and donate heavily. Elections are won with dollars, and every congressman is dependent on the income they get from these corporate donations just to stay in office. The real problem we have isn't that some small part of elections get rigged, it's that our legislators don't even work for us; they work for their corporate donors, that's who pays them. And as long as this remains the case, they won't (and arguably can't) adheer to the will of the people, they can't adheer to the Constitution, they have to work primarily to further the goals of their financial benefactors, big corpo. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) I'm not American, and don't even live anywhere close North America, but I strongly disagree with this. The most you can blame Americans for is willful blindness. It's been fairly clear for pretty much ever that the US is an empire, and regularly commits atrocities like genocide for profit. In the past, some people were genuinely oblivious to this, for which I'm not sure you can blame them. But others knew it and did not even speak out. Even more suspected it, but did not investigate, because they had comfortable lives. But then again - the same can be said about nations of Europe, Australia, even some Asian and African ones. Usually to a lesser extent, but still. Americans aren't any worse than people in other countries. Their country certainly is and needs to be destroyed, ideally without civilian casualties, but they're not their country, despite quite a few being brainwashed into thinking they are. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 point 3 weeks ago Sigh... humans are predictable in the worst ways. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago And the rest of the world? permalink fedilink source parent [–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 weeks ago Good thing we don't all get what we deserve. That'd be an even worse world than the one we live in. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (4 children) fuck you, asshole. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] gian@lemmy.grys.it -7 points 3 weeks ago Choose better politicians then... permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world -3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children) I mean, on some level, they're not wrong. We get what we vote for. The best government money can buy... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jomega@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 child) The irony of posting this take under an article about rigging an election. Think for a second, what are the odds that this is the first time they tried this? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 point 2 weeks ago Oh totally, elections have definitely been tampered with in the past. And that can account for surprising swings in a district here or there. But they can only do it discreetly because it's already such a close race. We've had this problem for a long time. Also, I don't know if you caught it, but "the best government money can buy" is not a compliment. The US government has been outright purchased by big business. The corporations lobby constantly and donate heavily. Elections are won with dollars, and every congressman is dependent on the income they get from these corporate donations just to stay in office. The real problem we have isn't that some small part of elections get rigged, it's that our legislators don't even work for us; they work for their corporate donors, that's who pays them. And as long as this remains the case, they won't (and arguably can't) adheer to the will of the people, they can't adheer to the Constitution, they have to work primarily to further the goals of their financial benefactors, big corpo. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] gian@lemmy.grys.it -7 points 3 weeks ago Choose better politicians then... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world -3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children) I mean, on some level, they're not wrong. We get what we vote for. The best government money can buy... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jomega@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 child) The irony of posting this take under an article about rigging an election. Think for a second, what are the odds that this is the first time they tried this? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 point 2 weeks ago Oh totally, elections have definitely been tampered with in the past. And that can account for surprising swings in a district here or there. But they can only do it discreetly because it's already such a close race. We've had this problem for a long time. Also, I don't know if you caught it, but "the best government money can buy" is not a compliment. The US government has been outright purchased by big business. The corporations lobby constantly and donate heavily. Elections are won with dollars, and every congressman is dependent on the income they get from these corporate donations just to stay in office. The real problem we have isn't that some small part of elections get rigged, it's that our legislators don't even work for us; they work for their corporate donors, that's who pays them. And as long as this remains the case, they won't (and arguably can't) adheer to the will of the people, they can't adheer to the Constitution, they have to work primarily to further the goals of their financial benefactors, big corpo. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jomega@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 child) The irony of posting this take under an article about rigging an election. Think for a second, what are the odds that this is the first time they tried this? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 point 2 weeks ago Oh totally, elections have definitely been tampered with in the past. And that can account for surprising swings in a district here or there. But they can only do it discreetly because it's already such a close race. We've had this problem for a long time. Also, I don't know if you caught it, but "the best government money can buy" is not a compliment. The US government has been outright purchased by big business. The corporations lobby constantly and donate heavily. Elections are won with dollars, and every congressman is dependent on the income they get from these corporate donations just to stay in office. The real problem we have isn't that some small part of elections get rigged, it's that our legislators don't even work for us; they work for their corporate donors, that's who pays them. And as long as this remains the case, they won't (and arguably can't) adheer to the will of the people, they can't adheer to the Constitution, they have to work primarily to further the goals of their financial benefactors, big corpo. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 point 2 weeks ago Oh totally, elections have definitely been tampered with in the past. And that can account for surprising swings in a district here or there. But they can only do it discreetly because it's already such a close race. We've had this problem for a long time. Also, I don't know if you caught it, but "the best government money can buy" is not a compliment. The US government has been outright purchased by big business. The corporations lobby constantly and donate heavily. Elections are won with dollars, and every congressman is dependent on the income they get from these corporate donations just to stay in office. The real problem we have isn't that some small part of elections get rigged, it's that our legislators don't even work for us; they work for their corporate donors, that's who pays them. And as long as this remains the case, they won't (and arguably can't) adheer to the will of the people, they can't adheer to the Constitution, they have to work primarily to further the goals of their financial benefactors, big corpo. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) I'm not American, and don't even live anywhere close North America, but I strongly disagree with this. The most you can blame Americans for is willful blindness. It's been fairly clear for pretty much ever that the US is an empire, and regularly commits atrocities like genocide for profit. In the past, some people were genuinely oblivious to this, for which I'm not sure you can blame them. But others knew it and did not even speak out. Even more suspected it, but did not investigate, because they had comfortable lives. But then again - the same can be said about nations of Europe, Australia, even some Asian and African ones. Usually to a lesser extent, but still. Americans aren't any worse than people in other countries. Their country certainly is and needs to be destroyed, ideally without civilian casualties, but they're not their country, despite quite a few being brainwashed into thinking they are. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 point 3 weeks ago Sigh... humans are predictable in the worst ways. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 point 3 weeks ago Sigh... humans are predictable in the worst ways. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago And the rest of the world? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 weeks ago Good thing we don't all get what we deserve. That'd be an even worse world than the one we live in. permalink fedilink source parent