From another similar post, here's my question: is this written so broadly/vaguely that it would criminalize what some of the pedes and autists have been doing lately: finding and downloading detailed election data from various election sites/systems? i.e. they're "accessing information" from computers related to the election (where election vote tallies are stored) and they may not be explicitly "authorized" to access that by election officials who would rather not be under the microscope.
Seems like this could be misused really badly to suppress and punish citizen investigation.
Also, seems like it doesn't apply to Dominion intentionally including fraud-algorithms in their voting machines/software.
It totally wouldn't apply to Dominion programming a back door in the first place. What would trip them up would be if - as seems to have happened - they had to adjust things in the middle of the night because there was too much Trumpslide.
Even if the program was already there, the moment you log in without authorization to run it or mess with its parameters, you're in some shit.
Which I assume the Dominion folks would be covered for by the usual contract legal-ese: "we reserve the right to update and maintain the system... Users grant authorization by yada-yada."
It would only apply to us poor schlubs who aren't in the club.
I'm just pissed at another seeming potential case of a law nominally passed purporting to do one thing, but potentially doing the opposite. Just weaponized against the little guy and the right.
From another similar post, here's my question: is this written so broadly/vaguely that it would criminalize what some of the pedes and autists have been doing lately: finding and downloading detailed election data from various election sites/systems? i.e. they're "accessing information" from computers related to the election (where election vote tallies are stored) and they may not be explicitly "authorized" to access that by election officials who would rather not be under the microscope.
Seems like this could be misused really badly to suppress and punish citizen investigation.
Also, seems like it doesn't apply to Dominion intentionally including fraud-algorithms in their voting machines/software.
It totally wouldn't apply to Dominion programming a back door in the first place. What would trip them up would be if - as seems to have happened - they had to adjust things in the middle of the night because there was too much Trumpslide.
Even if the program was already there, the moment you log in without authorization to run it or mess with its parameters, you're in some shit.
Am trying to reserve judgment because Trump is involved - I just hope he didn't get deceived by this one.
Which I assume the Dominion folks would be covered for by the usual contract legal-ese: "we reserve the right to update and maintain the system... Users grant authorization by yada-yada."
It would only apply to us poor schlubs who aren't in the club.
I'm just pissed at another seeming potential case of a law nominally passed purporting to do one thing, but potentially doing the opposite. Just weaponized against the little guy and the right.