▲ 853 ▼ Trump’s Department of Homeland Security Secretly Ordered Cybersecurity Operatives to Acquire a Voting Machine and Hack It. (futurism.com) submitted 5 days ago by eicker@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 117 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 23 points 4 days ago (4 children) Don't they have voting machines every year at DEFCON? I feel like this is already been litigated. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works -2 points 4 days ago (3 children) "Mitigated", but yes, that's a good point. I'm sure it was put through its paces there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 18 points 4 days ago (1 child) Oh, it's been litigated alright: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_Voting_Systems_v._Fox_News_Network permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago True! I forgot about that. I figured they meant technologically mitigated but you're right they could've meant legally litigated. permalink fedilink source parent [–] echodot@feddit.uk -1 points 3 days ago* No that's a different word. Litigated, means to have already discussed and arrived at an answer. Mitigated, means a solution is already in place. No one's fixed the issue so it's litigated, but not mitigated. I meant what I said. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works -2 points 4 days ago (3 children) "Mitigated", but yes, that's a good point. I'm sure it was put through its paces there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 18 points 4 days ago (1 child) Oh, it's been litigated alright: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_Voting_Systems_v._Fox_News_Network permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago True! I forgot about that. I figured they meant technologically mitigated but you're right they could've meant legally litigated. permalink fedilink source parent [–] echodot@feddit.uk -1 points 3 days ago* No that's a different word. Litigated, means to have already discussed and arrived at an answer. Mitigated, means a solution is already in place. No one's fixed the issue so it's litigated, but not mitigated. I meant what I said. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 18 points 4 days ago (1 child) Oh, it's been litigated alright: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_Voting_Systems_v._Fox_News_Network permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago True! I forgot about that. I figured they meant technologically mitigated but you're right they could've meant legally litigated. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago True! I forgot about that. I figured they meant technologically mitigated but you're right they could've meant legally litigated. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echodot@feddit.uk -1 points 3 days ago* No that's a different word. Litigated, means to have already discussed and arrived at an answer. Mitigated, means a solution is already in place. No one's fixed the issue so it's litigated, but not mitigated. I meant what I said. permalink fedilink source parent