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Here's an article supposedly of Krebs provenance, which implicitly lumps Trump himself in as a "malicious actor".

> can lead to uncertainty in the minds of voters; uncertainty that can be exploited by malicious actors

Maybe not something I would want said or repeated by my administration either, disregarding the veracity.

There's no date or byline either, so according to the authoritative FAQ, if this were to stand, it would be an admission of acting in bad faith.

Given federal government communications sprawl, it's quite a needle, pretty good performance in my opinion to root this out, disregarding sowing doubt about a federated election and who's will specifically it should / will service.

Voter inclusion (who should / may vote) is itself at issue, but even in the assessment here given DOGE findings unveils possible oversights, FWAB in the FAQ is cited to depend in part on SSNs and in light of the DOGE findings regarding 150+ year olds collecting social security, the security assessment itself does not describe a system that is definitively air-tight, or even terribly reassuring, if there's doubt in your mind about who voted, and how.

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richbell a day ago | parent | next [-]

> in light of the DOGE findings regarding 150+ year olds collecting social security...

The claims made by DOGE were highly misleading (i.e., lack of death date does not mean a 150 year old is receiving money).

Moreover, it wasn't a novel discovery. It had already been identified and published in a 2023 audit: https://oig.ssa.gov/assets/uploads/a-06-21-51022.pdf

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amenhotep a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

A downvote seems insufficient but I'm really lost for words at how to even reply to this. The tone of reasonableness while posting absolute bonkers insanity is alarming.

	▲	foogazi a day ago \| parent [-]
		Sartre’s quote in anti-semites applies to many of these: > Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.

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snozolli a day ago | parent | prev [-]

implicitly lumps Trump himself in as a "malicious actor".

Trump is a malicious actor. He literally tried to overthrow democracy on January 6!

Maybe not something I would want said or repeated by my administration either, disregarding the veracity.

Congratulations on empathizing with an authoritarian.

in light of the DOGE findings regarding 150+ year olds collecting social security

Stop being so gullible.

https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-doge-social-security-1...

Musk could also have simply looked up the SSA’s own website, which explains that since September 2015 the agency has automatically stopped benefit payments when anyone reaches the age of 115.

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meltyness a day ago | parent [-]

> Trump is a malicious actor. He literally tried to overthrow democracy on January 6!

> Congratulations on empathizing with an authoritarian.

It speaks to the strength of different agency administrators if they can walk into the next oval office, grab the duly elected President by the arm, and say "stop hitting yourself, stop hitting yourself" over and over again. Putting a stop to that wouldn't be so controversial, I think.

> Stop being so gullible.

You are disregarding the election angle and instead misdirecting, the system of validating votes (according to Krebs' own assessment) is dependent on a system with publicly-known flaws.

I understand that the aim can be to enfranchise and enable more voters, but to that aim my statements are agnostic, except for revealing more facts about the case.

	▲	snozolli 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		A lot of words to say absolutely nothing. Stop being so gullible.