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PsychoBabble

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4. A pretty stunning connection ...

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Thu Mar 30, 2017, 11:37 AM

Mar 2017

... and if you know even the basics about data, you know that they WILL do that, immediately ... holy crap.

Welcome to the new normal.

Not the complete solution, obviously, but WA State uses vote by mail, skips over a lot of the potential voting machine nonsense. Works just fine. Hard to hack an envelope.

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Russian hackers mined voter rolls in order to micro-target people to tip the election [View all] Baitball Blogger Mar 2017 OP

Republicans don't care about this country!!! atreides1 Mar 2017 #1

No, they dont. They care about their micro world and nobody or nothing else. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2017 #2

No, they only care about two things: Initech Mar 2017 #22

And MFM008 Mar 2017 #32

Very, very true! BlueJac Mar 2017 #49

Strategy wise, the Russians only had to target the dumbest of the dumbshits to pull this off. TheBlackAdder Mar 2017 #53

Your OP is not supported by facts. Russians hacked into the voter rolls in a few states. KittyWampus Mar 2017 #3

I don't know where you're going with this. Baitball Blogger Mar 2017 #6

You intentionally left out highlighting this part: KittyWampus Mar 2017 #7

The hacking alone is being referred to by some as an act of war. Baitball Blogger Mar 2017 #16

Because you think this is okay? LisaM Mar 2017 #33

This person took the same tack with me on another thread today. GliderGuider Mar 2017 #10

You are pushing fake news to appeal to DU'ers who want to believe this. You have ZERO PROOF KittyWampus Mar 2017 #13

No, I'm stating my own speculation. GliderGuider Mar 2017 #14

You are certainly free to speculate. Facts don't have "sides". KittyWampus Mar 2017 #43

I always thought reality had a known liberal bias! GliderGuider Mar 2017 #44

They need voter rolls to do the targeting. GliderGuider Mar 2017 #17

No, they absolutely do not need voter rolls. They use social media like Facebook. KittyWampus Mar 2017 #20

I agree. It's a very strange position, given the info that we currently have available. Baitball Blogger Mar 2017 #18

The side that perceives proof as a mere inconvenience, it would appear. LanternWaste Mar 2017 #21

"at this stage of the game" GliderGuider Mar 2017 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author GliderGuider Mar 2017 #39

You don't need to do any hacking to get voter rolls where I live Crabby Appleton Mar 2017 #38

I wondered about that. Thanks! GliderGuider Mar 2017 #40

A pretty stunning connection ... PsychoBabble Mar 2017 #4

The problem is, the hacking has now turned from hacking the vote GliderGuider Mar 2017 #12

True ... but PsychoBabble Mar 2017 #19

Agree. Defend every point of vulnerability. nt GliderGuider Mar 2017 #26

Not an Expert, But I DO Know a Bit about Big Data Leith Mar 2017 #41

Interesting point. blogslut Mar 2017 #5

Let's just say you're right... Blanks Mar 2017 #8

Also, Democrats can use this same data. KittyWampus Mar 2017 #15

interesting possibility kentuck Mar 2017 #9

data mining has been happening for awhile but the GOP just made it easier TNLib Mar 2017 #11

+1 Baitball Blogger Mar 2017 #25

YES! Appears Russian hacking already linked to anti-privacy bill wordpix Mar 2017 #23

yes the Russians hacked Americans voter rolls with support by the republicans rockfordfile Mar 2017 #27

Dems keep bringing a pool noodle to a nuclear war! nt tblue37 Mar 2017 #28

. Baitball Blogger Mar 2017 #30

I am not familiar with micro targeting HoneyBadger Mar 2017 #29

Found a definition for you on the net. Baitball Blogger Mar 2017 #34

There are a lot of suspect sites, including FB and Twitter. GliderGuider Mar 2017 #37

What makes this REALLY interesting is this would make Facebook and Twitter complicit in the hacking HoneyBadger Mar 2017 #48

Republicans just "made things exponentially more unsafe..." dchill Mar 2017 #31

There is definitely something, that on the surface looks a lot like abject idiocy, Baitball Blogger Mar 2017 #35

"Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason? dchill Mar 2017 #36

you know the book that took the last line for its title? Gabi Hayes Mar 2017 #45

I know OF the book, but haven't read it. dchill Mar 2017 #51

he'd be tossed out the door if he tried to be a KGOPer today. Gabi Hayes Mar 2017 #52

Republicans from the 50s and 60s could easily pass... dchill Mar 2017 #54

amen...can you imagine chuck percy trying to survive with aholes like Cruz? Gabi Hayes Mar 2017 #55

K&R red dog 1 Mar 2017 #42

I bet Kris Kobach turns up in the mix. Where has he been hiding lately? nt Snotcicles Mar 2017 #46

OMG. You're right. I hadn't thought of that. nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2017 #47

Not sure if they cross-linked the data or simply approached one at a time bucolic_frolic Mar 2017 #50

Just as concerning zentrum Mar 2017 #56

If Trump gets removed/impeached before the end of his term, Bannon will lose whatever clout he has. Baitball Blogger Mar 2017 #58

Well when they mine me, they'll know not to waste their time. I'm ecstatic Mar 2017 #57