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by SketchySeaBeast 422 days ago
We're firmly in the realm of 1984-type arguments: "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears".

It makes me sick we're even considering "trolling" as a motivation here but, given that we are, it's clear we're at the level of stupid that they would brazenly leak data to Russia. These people are not the best, they are not the brightest, and there's no reason to assume they are playing 4D chess when checkers is working for them.
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hsbauauvhabzb 422 days ago
That’s a naïve assumption that underestimates the capability of a party you clearly disagree and/or think poorly of. I’m not saying it’s happening, but I think it’s not an impossible scenario.

You really think DOGE as a whole couldn’t muster up the ability to route traffic via Russia? The engineers on the floor need to follow a relatively straightforward playbook.

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SketchySeaBeast 421 days ago
Could they do it? Sure, it's not an impossible scenario, but what would be the reason for it outside of "trolling"? Both Occam's and Hanlon's razor fit easily here.
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hsbauauvhabzb 421 days ago
I think it’s reasonable to assume that a substantial portion of doge employees have roots in /pol/ which itself has roots in /b/. Elon literally carried a sink into Twitter on his first day, I’m sure there’s plenty of similar antics elsewhere.
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