@pluralistic I hope all their past clients notice.

@pluralistic What was that Lazarus Long quote again? Oh yes.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

@pluralistic that reminds me of this nice piece of humor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq79wG3DqvI

@pluralistic I forget who said it, but as an infosec expert, they were convinced that no matter how good their methods were - the data was going to be leaked, exposed, or hacked anyway through the incompetence of data custodians.

@pluralistic The Bloomberg article says that the access was read-only (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-14/southwest-airlines-flight-attendants-will-hold-new-contract-vote?leadSource=uverify%20wall) They have a mixed factuality rating (https://ground.news/interest/bloomberg). The fact-checking standards of this link and the only other corroborating link I found are unclear. Read-only access that shows how specific people voted is still an important concern.

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I've been harping on these machines since Georgia was the first state to roll them out statewide in 2002. Their problems are so obvious!

@pluralistic The Dominion voting machines used in recent U.S. elections have none of those vulnerabilities. Not all digital voting systems are as slapdash as TrueBallot clearly are.

@pluralistic The first clue that jumps out is ONLY 36% of flight attendants voted FOR a 23% pay raise total in an industry that only renegotiates contracts every 5-10 years and rarely offers a few percent raise spread over time if you give up some of your other valuable benefits 👀

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5 gets you 10, the Union official who approved the contract that hired this company, that official got paid off, or his or her gf/bf is sleeping with someone from the company, or something like that

OTOH< never underestimate the ineptness of Union Leaders

@pluralistic Which part of this looks like unintentional incompetence to you?

@pluralistic i knew it back before Obama was elected

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With Republicans, accusations are confessions

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cc @Patricia