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In reply to the discussion: Anonymous and the Supposed Hack. [View all]RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)It's far from that as it can be. It' more like Black hat.
I think that the people who got caught are good at DDoS attacks, but there could always be others. And what with Romney getting his tech help from Best Buy and Staples, I'm sure that someone could figure out what the SOP at either of those places for creating a password would be for a specific user.
Nobody said that it was fair, but there was some justice in that they didn't get to steal the election again.
This should stand out like a beacon that these computerized voting systems are garbage, and should not be used.
I may be happy that the election was not stolen, but most of all, if we are to use these computer systems to count the votes, the software should be open source, and not closed to one side or the other. The only way that we can have fair elections is this, if we use computers.
If we don't use computers, we have to hire watchdogs to make sure that people don't stuff the ballot box.
What of those old mechanical machines, we just stopped using? I worked on them, and they were tough to setup. I don't think that you could steal a count from one of those. They were all mechanical.
So who do you trust with our elections, and what method do you trust?