[_fat_santa]

I have a strong feeling this will backfire spectacularly.

To any technical or even semi-technical person, the facts of this case are laughable. The Governor thinks that he can steamroll this case through, and is betting that most will not understand the underlying technical details and give into the fear mongering "hacking" narrative.

But the thing is, as soon as this goes to court, there is a 100% chance the EFF or another organization is going to step in. Once the defense can explain the layperson exactly what happened here, the governor is going to go from "protecting the people from hackers" to "dumbass trying to cover his own ass".

The Governor and his cabinet clearly think they have this one in the bag, but I think the EFF or another org is going to step in and hand his ass to him in court.

[phkahler]

>> Once the defense can explain the layperson exactly what happened here, the governor is going to go from "protecting the people from hackers" to "dumbass trying to cover his own ass".

... In the eyes of those 12 people on the jury.

[tessierashpool]

losing in court will just feed the GOP victim narrative. from a political standpoint, the Governor's ignorant aggression is a win-win. he can say he stood up to the liberal courts and the tech elite.

but then again, Trump often lies about his losses in courts, claims they were wins, and gets applause from his audience. the GOP is a counter-majoritarian party, which makes counterfactual statements inevitable.

[whatthesmack]

There's bad, ignorant people on all sides of the political spectrum. There are plenty of people just like this governor that are in the other camp.

It's not useful to use a ridiculous situation like this as confirmation of your political beliefs.

[tessierashpool]

there's only one Fox News. there's only one Trump. your comment would have been reasonable in 1980. it's 2021.

[twox2]

It shouldn't even have to go to court to begin with is the real tragedy.