Is DU secure for Election Day? I don't know if I can handle it getting hacked again.

[TeamPooka]

I still feel taking us out in '16 was part of the plan that got Trump in.
Please tell me we're secure this time.

[SWBTATTReg]

1. I haven't seen anything from the powers that be, don't they usually send out a site wide post to...

all, detailing any and all steps that one should take, etc., alternate sites (on FB, etc.).

They did this before, and perhaps it's still too early for the usual notice to go out to all.

[brush]

2. I'm worried. I'm sure the admin is working to secure the site...

because they have to anticipate an attack on us.

There's a thread just today where someone posted that Huffington Post was down this morning., which might be a rehearsal for election day on that site.

[Doremus]

3. If, heaven forbid, it does happen again where is the meeting place?

[BraKez2]

6. Same question

That made 2016 worse, we weren't able to be on here for weeks.

Maybe Discord?

[marybourg]

10. There's a DU Facebook page

[PatSeg]

11. Oh yes, that's right

I go there frequently.

[imaginary girl]

13. That was horrible ...

... Four years ago I tried to visit DU in alternate locations like FB, and it was horrible. Lots of trolls and nastiness.

[marybourg]

17. We should be able to overwhelm them.

[saidsimplesimon]

4. I also hope so.

I'm not sure my VPN encrypted browser is correct when it alerts on this site as "no site security detected". Recently, I had to "Allow" this site in an exception list???

Please, don't hate the messenger, it's not helpful. (intended for those poised on the alert button)

[tormadjax]

5. I hope so n/t

[tinrobot]

7. When DU went down in 2016, I knew the fix was in.

Disrupting your opponent's communications is one of the first acts of war.

I hope DU has upped their security game and have backups, along with backups of the backups.

[fescuerescue]

8. We'll find out election day

Even the very largest corporations and government will tell you that they are very very secure.

Right up until the day they discover the breach.

It's not that they were lying, or incompetent. It's just that they don't know, what they don't know.

[TeamPooka]

9. Oh boy

[CTyankee]

12. Ask the Administrators is an option. Why not go there and pose that question.

If you don't want to do it, I will so let me know. I've been here a long time so they know me.

[vercetti2021]

14. Two things

If DU is fine election night. We'll win. But if it does get fucked again, then they have rigged it again for Trump

[Marthe48]

15. I changed my DU password last night

I sign out every time I'm done and close the tab.

[Baclava]

16. Well 'The Discussionist' got yanked, so there's no place else to go I guess