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Putin casts online vote using unlicensed Windows on an American Dell PC
www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/putin-casts-online-vote-using-unlicensed-windows-on-an-american-dell-pc-activate-windows-watermark-visible-in-official-kremlin-clip-uses-foreign-dell-pc-despite-russian-tech-mandate
Replying to @muelltonne@feddit.org
Considering they don’t know about massgrave.dev to permanently activate their copy and it’s Windows 10, they probably also don’t know about extended W10 EOL updates, which means that computer likely hasn’t received a security update since October, 2025.
Based on the rumors about putin and his paranoia, I’d assume that computer is not connected to the internet lol
Replying to @BeelzebubEiNukuKoskaan@piefed.social
How is he online voting then?
Replying to @clucose@lemmy.ml
Surprise! He’s not.
Replying to @clucose@lemmy.ml
It’s “voting”, that’s why he’s projected to win with 101.2% votes
Replying to @Wispy2891@lemmy.world
You joke but behind the Iron Curtain the dictators used to win “elections” with something like 98% of votes. “See, we have some malcontents but they’re a tiny minority.” It was all doctored of course but it’s funny that they bothered to keep it believable when everybody knew the truth, both inside the country and elsewhere.
Replying to @clucose@lemmy.ml
The vote goes to himself. No need for an online detour.
Replying to @bstix@feddit.dk
He’s the man and he has the vote
Some photos of him have really awkwardly positioned computers - like no way anyone works like that. Hence why some choose to believe him to be a complete luddite.
I think most of the pictures of him “using” a computer are very much staged and not his actual setup. But they probably have that stupid setup because he doesn’t have a setup because he never uses one lol
Replying to @BeelzebubEiNukuKoskaan@piefed.social
Absolutely, that monitor isn’t even plugged in. (No, seriously, look at it!)
i’m gonna guess it was a staged photo using a hastily-prepped pc as a prop.