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The Russians are excellent hackers

Discussion in 'Political Opinions & Beliefs' started by slackercruster, Nov 13, 2018.

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    slackercruster Banned

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    The Russians are excellent hackers. Within 2 weeks of joining Instagram they had changed my email & password, locked me out of my own account and moved it to Moscow.

    Be that as it may, I don't believe the Russians had a material part in Hillary losing. If the vote count was all internet, then maybe a hack. But if you are a dem or rep you are not swayed by they say on Facebook.
     
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    They weren't just spreading their anti Hillary agenda on Facebook, it was on every social media site online including sites like this one.
     
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    The Russians may or may not be great hackers but we definitely are not good defenders.Cyber SECURITY is an oxy-moron.
     
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    So you regret voting for Trump because of Russia huh?
     
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    Russian trolls reached hundreds of thousands of U.S. Instagram users before Facebook removed them on eve of midterms

    https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/13/rus...instagram-facebook-users-before-midterms.html

    Among the Facebook and Instagram accounts that were linked to Russian trolls ahead of the U.S. midterm elections this month, one on Instagram had more than 600,000 U.S. followers, Facebook said in a blog post on Tuesday.

    A Russian troll farm was tied to more than 100 Facebook and Instagram accounts before they were blocked on the eve of the elections, Facebook said.

    Based on a tip from the FBI on Nov. 4, the company identified and removed a total of 99 Instagram accounts, 36 Facebook accounts and 6 Facebook pages. About $4,500 in ad spending came from those pages, though none of the ads ran in the U.S., the company said.

    The accounts may be connected to the Internet Research Agency, Facebook said. That’s the same group responsible for Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, according to a February indictment by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
     
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    No I regret that Trump was there to be voted for even though I didn't vote for him. I don't just hate Trump and Trumpistas, I hate God for making Trump and Trumpistas
     
    Aleksander Ulyanov, Nov 13, 2018
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    On the contrary, what is posted and reposted for months on end on social media does have an impact on people's thinking.
     
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    Have been waiting for the Scooby doo meme where they pull a mask off Putin and Brenda Snipes is underneath. Alas, it has not emerged.
     
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    You need to connect with someone who is really good a Photoshop and .gif-making and put in a request.
     
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