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Topic	Why do nationalists in America not seem to mind that Russia meddled in its
s0nicfan 02/08/18 2:14:27 PM #32:	AlphaCuck posted... Coincidentally, I just saw this new story https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/russians-penetrated-u-s-voter-systems-says-top-u-s-n845721?cid=eml_nbn_20180207 I was aware that the voting machines had been "tampered with, but not hacked". But well before the election? Wow. That's the thing though.. the voting machines are offline. They CAN'T be hacked. What Russia hacked were the voter registration databases in some states, which at worst could have been used to cause some people's names to not be in the books when they showed up on voting day. However, given that the vast majority of states use paper books and have humans check IDs at the door, this wouldn't have even impacted voting. It would be physically impossible without actually touching the machines after the votes had been cast from altering the results. --- "History Is Much Like An Endless Waltz. The Three Beats Of War, Peace And Revolution Continue On Forever." - Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz <cite>s0nicfan posted [p:895709929] in Why do nat... [t:76296694]...</cite> <quote><cite>AlphaCuck posted...</cite> <quote>Coincidentally, I just saw this new story https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/russians-penetrated-u-s-voter-systems-says-top-u-s-n845721?cid=eml_nbn_20180207 I was aware that the voting machines had been "tampered with, but not hacked". But well before the election? Wow.</quote> That's the thing though.. the voting machines are offline. They CAN'T be hacked. What Russia hacked were the voter registration databases in some states, which at worst could have been used to cause some people's names to not be in the books when they showed up on voting day. However, given that the vast majority of states use paper books and have humans check IDs at the door, this wouldn't have even impacted voting. It would be physically impossible without actually touching the machines after the votes had been cast from altering the results. --- "History Is Much Like An Endless Waltz. The Three Beats Of War, Peace And Revolution Continue On Forever." - Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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