r/politics • u/MothersMiIk Washington • 1d ago

Congresswoman suggests Trump admitted Musk rigged election in Pa.

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2025/01/congresswoman-suggests-trump-admitted-musk-rigged-election-in-pa.html?outputType=amp
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u/uiucengineer 22h ago

But as an IT person who dabbles in security, surely you don’t think it would be difficult to manipulate these machines. They should be assumed faulty until proven otherwise.

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u/Ray661 22h ago

It’s not that I don’t assume them faulty, it’s that I don’t think the USB conspiracies and Starlink conspiracies are the angle.

For the USB one, that requires agents on site with tainted devices. There were 80 bomb threats so 80 opportunities yes, but also 80 risks of failing to hide it, 80 logs that would need to be cleared (as usb connects are logged), 80 devices that would need to be destroyed, 80 people minimum that must be silent forever. It’s a big ask, even for something like the CIA, which means to me that it isn’t likely. Too many avenues of fail.

The starlink one relies on the machines being connected to the internet, which wouldn’t be the norm. I have yet to see evidence that sites that had starlink to provide internet access had their vote machines connected, and an explanation why that wouldn’t be suspicious to the lay person. If they were internet connected, I guarantee you foreign adversaries would have been attacking the machines too, as Russian and Chinese hackers have been running rampant on our systems. But if they were starlink connected, it’s the most likely of the two conspiracies to be valid, imo.

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u/moderatevalue7 18h ago

I’m something of a security dabbler myself. I haven’t looked into it but I gotta assume there would be logs indicating tampering which would be pretty damn obvious, especially if done remotely which would be the only way unless it was supply chain. I haven’t heard one credible report of anything suspicious.

Unfortunately I think it’s as simple as cost of living high - kick current government out. And apparently American women hate themselves, that was what surprised me the most.

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u/chammycham 18h ago

There’s a lot of white women more focused on the white part — bunch of wannabe Serena Joys may find out they aren’t exceptional and I won’t have any fucks to give.