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Mike Lindell's $500 Wi-Fi monitoring devices are BANNED from polling stations in Kentucky after My Pillow CEO and election conspiracy theorist claimed signals were tampering with votes (www.dailymail.co.uk)

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The MyPillow CEO created the devices to be able to detect and identify Wi-Fi networks at polling stations
But Kentucky officials say they could violate state law and have banned their use
Lindell has been banned from X for spreading false claims about 2020 election fraud

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[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 82 points 8 months ago

Detecting WiFi, in a building where voting machines literally CANNOT connect to WiFi, proves ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

Doing it in Kentucky is EVEN FUNNIER.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky

Donald Trump - 1,326,646 - 62.09%
Joe Biden - 772,474 - 36.15%

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kentucky

Mitch McConnell - 1,233,315 - 57.8%
Amy McGrath - 816,257 - 38.2%

Again, arguing about manipulation in an election Trump WON. Do they think the vote should have been 100%? Because that's not going to happen...

[-] Daqu@feddit.de 27 points 8 months ago

The wifi will activate the 5G nanocells in the "vaccinated" voters and control them to vote the wrong candidate.

[-] TigrisMorte@kbin.social 22 points 8 months ago

It proves the presence of the unrelated thing, which they've convinced idiots that know nothing about Elections or WiFi is scary magic Vote changing beams, is present.

[-] 4lan@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Too many of them believe that Wi-Fi causes cancer and that COVID was engineered to spare Jews. Our shitty public school system is intentional, keeps us dumb and scared

[-] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

I really thought it was odd that, of all the states, Kentucky is the one pushing back on this

[-] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 68 points 8 months ago

What a ridiculous idea. Proving that wifi exists in a polling station means nothing, and gathering the info from people’s phones is definitely a privacy violation in a vote setting. This psycho and his devices should not be allowed anywhere near where people vote in any state.

[-] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 31 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The best news from that article is how it recounts that his business is crumbling.

[-] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

Did you watch the excerpts from his insane deposition? The best parts are when he laments the downfall of his stupid pillow company.

[-] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Well I know what I'm watching tonight now

[-] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Haha, well... just so you know, it's 40 minutes of Lindell freaking out and insulting the questioning lawyer mixed with whining. It was horrible but also the kind of spectacle from which it is difficult to look away. The court reporter refused to return for the second day.

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[-] Chessmasterrex@lemmy.world 40 points 8 months ago

It's not really about voter fraud, it's about sowing seeds of doubt about elections. Hopefully it just discourages his fan from showing up to vote in the first place.

[-] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

That's possible

[-] Tygr@lemmy.world 31 points 8 months ago

This is the stupidest idea. Do people not realize how many people walk around with hotspot enabled on their phones? It’s so easy to forget it’s still on.

[-] TigrisMorte@kbin.social 21 points 8 months ago

And how many People don't even know a WiFi Hotspot is a thing.

[-] stu@lemmy.pit.ninja 6 points 8 months ago

Does your phone not turn off hotspot automatically when nothing is connected for a period of time?

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[-] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 26 points 8 months ago

This crackhead won't give up. How does he have any money to develop anything with all his legal expenses?

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 27 points 8 months ago

I mean, he didn't develop anything. It's just a network scanner.

[-] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

Well the maga base seem very willing to donate "for the cause" but I'm just guessing

[-] Pratai@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago

The entire MAGA ideology is based around the adage about fools and their money.

[-] GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago

So, he reinvented wardriving as part of his election conspiracy? $500 is expensive when you can just use WiGLE on your phone and accomplish the same thing. Many people were already doing this for a hobby or to help cybersecurity analysts anyway.

[-] JustZ@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago

Guaranteed they are scraping wifi data to sell to Russians so they can fuck up every election office's wifi on election day.

[-] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

That's an interesting point. I wonder where these devices are actually made

[-] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

If you have an Android phone, Wifiman or WifiAnalyzer (both free apps without ads) can tell you all the specs you could ever need about nearby Wifi access points. I can tell you this, they are usually really boring.

This is another attempt by a right wing conspiracy theorists to scam 500 dollars out from his supporters.

[-] Pratai@lemmy.ca 13 points 8 months ago

How can conservatives manage being both the joke, and the punchline while thinking anyone is going to take them seriously ever again?

That entire political party is forever ruined. And it’s god damned hilarious how they did it.

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

How can conservatives manage being both the joke, and the punchline

Denial is more than just a river

some hand gesture

[-] systemglitch@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Does it matter if they start a civil war? Being on the outside looking in, it seems to be a possible reality.

[-] Pratai@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

At this point? As far as I’m concerned… no. It doesn’t matter. Fuck this place. They’re hell-bent on destroying their own country, who am I to stop them? We’ve learned that votes don’t matter- so I say fuck it- let them have their way and let reality show them what reason and logic couldn’t.

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[-] Number1SummerJam@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

If anyone wants a real and fully functional version of this, check out the pwnagotchi. You can build it yourself or you can buy a prebuilt one. Good for on-the-go network analysis.

[-] waz@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

If I set my phone to serve as a hotspot while I vote, what are the best wifi names I could use to get a laugh or scare people?

I'm thinking something like:

vote count adjuster
ballot changer
vote improvement machine

I'm not terribly creative, let's see what you all can come up with.

[-] systemglitch@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Ballot manipulation terminal #17

[-] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Antifa Agent?

[-] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 2 points 8 months ago

CIA Election Management

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