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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)
submitted 2 years ago by Salamendacious@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world
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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 79 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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 2 years 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 2 years ago (1 children)

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 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 2 years ago

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

[–] Chessmasterrex@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 2 years ago

That's possible

[–] Tygr@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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 2 years ago

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

[–] stu@lemmy.pit.ninja 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Tygr@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Imagine your normal day of using hotspot coupled with needing to vote that day. It would be enabled while voting.

[–] stu@lemmy.pit.ninja 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't use hotspot on my phone on a daily basis, I use it if I'm out in the field somewhere and my work laptop needs Wi-Fi and then the hotspot feature turns itself off automatically when my laptop is no longer connected to my phone for a period of time.

I'll occasionally use hotspot for my Wi-Fi only personal tablet as well while I'm traveling. But that's about the extent of my use for it.

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Same for me but one other use I've found is to allow ancient devices to connect to the internet, such as an old gaming console or laptop that can't be updated to meet modern specs, usually my phone is like, "sure, no problem, outdated and unsecured device, I'm happy to share my secrets with you."

[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

You're 100% right

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 26 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

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

[–] GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years 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 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 2 years ago

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

[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years 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 2 years ago (2 children)

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 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 2 years ago (1 children)

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 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Number1SummerJam@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years 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 2 years ago (3 children)

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.

[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Antifa Agent?

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Ballot manipulation terminal #17

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 years ago

CIA Election Management