Slashdot reader DevNull127 writes: A staff writer at The Atlantic published a 7,800-word warning about election security considering the possibility of everything from ransomware to meddling with voter-registration databases — and of course, online disinformation. But it starts with Jack Cable, a Stanford student who discovered security holes in Chicago’s Board of Elections website — then spent months trying to find…
Tag: mueller report
Yes, the Internet is destroying our collective attention span
Source: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/5/3/18514330/distraction-collective-attention-research…
Most Americans believe Trump lied to them, but think impeachment is a bad idea
Source: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/4/27/18519806/poll-americans-trump-lied-impeachment-mueller-report…
In the Aftermath of the Mueller Report
Readers criticize Robert Mueller’s tactics and discuss impeachment, President Trump’s memory and echoes of Watergate.Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/23/opinion/letters/trump-mueller-impeachment.html…
Polling shows Fox News has been amazingly effective at shaping opinion on the Mueller report
Source: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/4/23/18512347/mueller-report-polling-fox-news-trump…
Edward Snowden: Assange’s Arrest and the Mueller Report Show a ‘Two-Tiered System of Justice’
In this week’s CYBER podcast, we sat down with Edward Snowden to talk about his life in Russia, Julian Assange, and press freedom.Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/597pvk/edward-snowden-assange-arrest-mueller-report…
The scientific maneuver Mueller used that implicates the president
Source: https://www.vox.com/mischiefs-of-faction/2019/4/22/18510837/mueller-report-president-trump…
Rudy Giuliani: There’s nothing wrong with taking info from Russians
Source: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/4/21/18509789/rudy-giuliani-nothing-wrong-with-taking-info-from-russians…
Bitcoin Couldn’t Hide Russia’s Operatives From Mueller’s Investigation
“Russian operatives used cryptocurrency at almost every stage in their online efforts to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, according to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s final report on his investigation.” So says CNN, adding that “Systems used in the hacking of the Democratic Party were paid for using Bitcoin, as were online hosting services that supported websites which published hacked…
Mitt Romney is “sickened” by the Trump administration’s “dishonesty” after reading Mueller report
Source: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/4/20/18508795/mitt-romney-is-sickened-by-the-trump-administrations-dishonesty-after-reading-mueller-report…