Just want to offer my 2 cents,
I know Matt (founder of Racknine) personally. He's a good guy and he was absolutely floored that this was happening.
Matt is kind of a programming genius and created his own data company with a staff of about 5 people including himself. I'll admit that I don't know the complete ins and outs of his company but I do know that Racknine provides an assortment of data services, among those being "robo-calling" capabilities. The system was designed to make it easy for the user to create an account and upload a message. Matt followed a perfectly standard protocol of getting users to sign the proper forms and had the correct requirements and guidelines for the use of his systems. There is a large volume of data that goes into his home server farm. While I don't know what kind of screening protocols they have, I do know if Matt suspected that someone is purposely using his system to disrupt the election (and so far, that person has been really good at covering their tracks), he would have put a stop to it.
Like I said, I can't judge Racknine as a company since I'm only familiar from what I heard and seen, but I can vouch for Matt's character. He is essentially a normal guy. He married his university girlfriend and is a new father. Matt and his wife throws large BBQs in the summer (in fact, his house is pretty much open all year for friend to gather at), they go on an annual camping trip during May long. Yes, Matt is politically active, but his passion is to encourage more participation in the demoncratic process, something that's directly contradicts what happened with those phoney Election Canada calls.
Anyways, just wanted to put it out there that Matt isn't some Hillbilly or some sort of shadowly slimely conservative operative. He's a normal person who's just at shocked that this has happened, especially using a system he created
Lchoy
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