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7. Agreed. But maybe for different reason. I have always believed they (R) need computers in elections because they
Sat Mar 29, 2025, 11:58 PM
Mar 29

Could be "network" and manipulated from remote sites with out anyone knowing you were there and what you were doing.

My job for nearly 12 years was to provided computer support. The school itself was nearly a 100 mile round trip. On weekend with no one in the lock building. I could manipulate nearly every network device from my home office. That included upgrading system software including labs with 20-30 machines.

This was always known ahead of time by the building administrators. But it could have been done without anyone knowing. In fact it required one piece of hardware that was always awake to turn on and off any computers in needed access to.

Think about it. You don't need to be any where near devices more than once to make them accessable from a remote location. For good or evil.

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