@Electric_Banana Said
I'm still not sure how Russians hack ballot boxes
But my immediate supervisor keeps arguing that I'm paranoid to believe that
computer files can be corrupted
So what do I know that our new and improved society of 2017 doesn't?
It isn't just the ballot boxes.
I think the latest stat is that Russian hackers attempted hack into the voter databases of 39 of the 50 states in the USA.
Now....why would anyone want to hack into a voter database? Hmmm....to delete or add voters...maybe.
Then there are the computer systems that house the operating system software for the voting machines (aka ballot boxes). If "you" could hack into the those computers you could install (as an example) an algorithm that modifies a percentage of the votes...not all..not even most....but just enough to not to raise a proverbial eyebrow...for example just enough to help someone win the electoral college vote even it that someone didn't actually win the majority of the votes...
Then there is the hacking and selective leaking of political parties' systems...both sets of systems. Then "you" release some of the data 1st to help the one you like win, but if "he/she" becomes a problem later you release those other emails also.... (mrmhead alluded to this)
Etc. etc.
As is turns out Putin has already admitted that the hacking occurred and was quite probably Russian ("patriotic
Russians), which supports what the U.S. intelligence has stated (both publicly and by way of leaks).
So we actually know the hacking did in fact happen.
We also know that some members of Trump's campaign staff met with Russians in various settings.
We also know that something like 12 or 14 people close to Trump could beat most of us in a game of
Six Degrees of Separation from Putin in as little as 1, 2 to 3 degrees.
What "we" don't know is:
What is the extent of the Russian hacking and the extent of the interactions between Trump's people and Russian officials?