Board:   [DoveNet] Internet Discussion
Subject: Re: Mastodon - Wich Serve
From:    MIKE POWELL
Date:    Thu Jan 29, 2026 08:01

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>  MP> The Russian bit there is not really necessary as I have doubt they were
>  MP> the only ones.
>
> Just have an urgent desire to state that "Russian bots" are russian not cuz o
> "Big big moscow influence" (even tho sometimesits true), but becuz
> russians/ru-netizens are mostly careless about cybercrime, everyone is a
> pirate, every second one would be in jail by several internet laws if they
> would have lived in EU or US, so yeah, Russian bots are russian cuz russians
> provide such services more often rather than anything else.

Yes, but I seriously doubt that "Russian bots" are the only bots involved.
 China also has state-sponsored hackers and bots.  So does North Korea.  I
suspect Iran also has them.  The USA probably has them, too.

And I have no doubt they all have a desire to meddle in our elections.

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