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In reply to the discussion: She Won -- article on rigged 2024 election, with remedy actions [View all]lapfog_1
(31,212 posts)I actually do have the credentials to comment on this.
1) speculations are not facts
2) OTOH, there are many ways to hack voting machines and do so undetected. But nothing to do with Starlink or UPS battery systems or or or.
3) UPS systems typically have ethernet connections ( or USB but in modern Data Centers, ethernet ). If the people designing the DC are NOT careful, the call home software inside these systems could be configured to be on internal networks ( behind firewalls ), and that would allow the UPS system to at least have one less security hurdle to inject malware into a computer system. Real malware can alter anything in a computer system and, if done by professionals, leave NO trace. But you would need a very deep understanding of the operating systems and storage systems used by modern servers.
4) Could something have happened, sure. Did something happen, we will likely never know UNLESS someone comes forward and tells the tale and exactly how it was done.
In my opinion, the only way to prevent this going forward is to have only paper ballots, collected under the supervision of people from all parties, and monitored by an international body and counted by hand multiple times. It might take weeks to get the results and in our society, apparently, such a delay is possibly unacceptable. We should allow a couple of weeks for people to turn in their paper ballots. Voter suppression is the real culprit that is provable and happening in every election.
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