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Jill Stein: People Walk Around With Floppy Disks to Hack Voter Machines
Washington Free Beacon ^ | December 7, 2016 | Chandler Gill

Posted on 12/08/2016 5:07:56 AM PST by kevcol

Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein told Fox News’ Neil Cavuto on Wednesday that people walk around with floppy disks in order to hack and reprogram voter machines.

Stein–who is attempting to launch election recount efforts in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin to contest Donald Trump’s victory–first explained the indicators that people looked for when a machine is suspected of being tampered with or having an error.

“So the indicators that they look for if they want to see a machine error or a foul play or tampering, you look for a couple of indicators,” she said. “So one is close race. You also look for an outcome which is the opposite of what was suggested by the polls and the exit polls.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016election; democrats; floppydisks; greens; jillstein; mi; pa; recount; soreloser; technology; voters; votingmachines; wi
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To: odawg

that’s what I was asking!


201 posted on 12/08/2016 8:41:04 AM PST by mdmathis6 (BEWARE THE ABORTION POLITICAL INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX!)
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To: Texan

Somewhere on FR there is a recent - at least during the last 30-45 days - post on this. The old turntable is one of the two “must have” hot gift suggestions this year for Christmas. Took some I have from the late 50’s, early 60’s and framed them in frames specifically sized for them and have them arranged on some of my walls. Wish I had kept my player but who knew.

If they are in good shape and have the original jackets with them they are likely worth some money. Sure some other Freepers will have more info. I’ll see if I can find the other post for you.


202 posted on 12/08/2016 8:42:06 AM PST by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: ducttape45
Government computers don’t use floppy disks anymore!

Yeah, they got rid of them last year.

203 posted on 12/08/2016 8:45:33 AM PST by Right Wing Assault (Kill: TWITTER, FACEBOOK, CNN)
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To: Wolfie

I remember those! I used to have a job punching those. Yes. I’m getting old.


204 posted on 12/08/2016 8:45:35 AM PST by CarolAnn
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To: kevcol

“Operator? Get me Western Union. I need to send a telegraph.”


205 posted on 12/08/2016 8:46:30 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standairds at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Flintlock
http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-5-External-USB-2-0-Portable-1-44Mb-Floppy-Disk-Drive-Diskette-FDD-ForPC-Laptop-/162312895675?hash=item25ca9a3cbb:g:i4cAAOSwgmJXzVtp

I've got one of these from a different dealer. I found some 3.5" floppies and, based on the labels, I wanted to see what was on them. Nostalgic. It was worth $5 admission.

Also, I made a bunch of copies of "TrumpVictory2016.exe" for all my friends.

206 posted on 12/08/2016 8:58:57 AM PST by Right Wing Assault (Kill: TWITTER, FACEBOOK, CNN)
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To: Wolfie

207 posted on 12/08/2016 9:16:54 AM PST by Salamander (Jump start or tow me away...)
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To: Wolfie

208 posted on 12/08/2016 9:18:00 AM PST by Salamander (Jump start or tow me away...)
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To: kevcol

Floppy disks went the way of 8 track tapes many moons ago.


209 posted on 12/08/2016 9:20:35 AM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: Former Proud Canadian

Can this loon pass a 51-50 test?

She needs to be placed in protective mental hospital custody for her own good.

As a candidate-—does she have Secret Service protection? Stop wasting the money...


210 posted on 12/08/2016 9:21:21 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: kevcol
http://compuporn.tumblr.com/image/53034142014

About 25 years ago, I knew a guy who got an old cartridge style hard drive someone was getting rid of. Like the one at the link.

He wanted to take it down into his basement and dissect it. I was as heavy as a medium size fridge. We were wondering why the heck it weighed so much. We put it on its side to see what was underneath. It was a foot square block of lead several inches thick bolted on the bottom to keep the drive steady. We weighed the lead and it was 100 pounds!

211 posted on 12/08/2016 9:30:14 AM PST by Right Wing Assault (Kill: TWITTER, FACEBOOK, CNN)
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To: kevcol
Of course it wouldn't take long - all you have to do is take apart each machine, remove the chips with the firmware, reprogram the chip, put it back in, and re-assemble the machine. And then put on fake seals that nobody will notice.

Voting Machines

212 posted on 12/08/2016 9:34:08 AM PST by freeandfreezing
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To: kevcol

She’s gone full moron.


213 posted on 12/08/2016 10:06:42 AM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: Ray76

To paraphrase, you never go full moron.

What movie was that? “Full Metal Jacket?”

5.56mm


214 posted on 12/08/2016 10:09:48 AM PST by M Kehoe
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To: Wizdum

Well actually they are still in use on a regular basis. A lot of cnc machines use them for program transfers and back up.


215 posted on 12/08/2016 10:11:17 AM PST by Kadric
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To: Ray76
"She’s gone full moron."


216 posted on 12/08/2016 10:11:57 AM PST by BlueLancer ("If the present tries to sit in judgment on the past, it will lose the future." Winston Churchill)
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To: kevcol
I know, so easy to hack. Once I got the reels loaded...


217 posted on 12/08/2016 10:14:00 AM PST by SparkyBass
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To: Tax-chick
Ha ha! That's the kind of thing an out-of-touch person her age would think.

She could be alluding to the age of the voting machines. In some areas these might date back to the age of the floppy disk.

BUT, even conceding that possibility to Stein, her alleged floppy disk-carrier would have to have access to every single machine, and mess with each one individually.

Could that kind of machine tampering be done? Seems unlikely to me, because
(1) machines are stored under lock and key between elections, then each one is re-calibrated by a group of election officials just before re-use; and
(2) tampering with each machine would be so labor intensive as to be effectively impractical.

218 posted on 12/08/2016 10:17:27 AM PST by shhrubbery! (NIH!)
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To: BlueLancer; M Kehoe

It’s true!


219 posted on 12/08/2016 10:17:56 AM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: IronJack

...transmitted in Morse code, no doubt.


220 posted on 12/08/2016 10:28:04 AM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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