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tarakat | 3 years ago

How many nation-states burned their best zero-days on this public intrusion test?

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hutzlibu|3 years ago

Likely none, but nation-states can also manipulate traditional voting with enough effort.

(classic spycraft, blackmailing of key persons, intercept mailvoting, etc.)

Nothing is 100% secure.

So the question is, is it good enough?

They said they took great effort to verificate the voting and detect manipulation. I cannot confirm or verify it, but since it is open, I could. That is a great step forward, compared to the closed black boxes, e-voting systems I have heard of before.

tarakat|3 years ago

Your examples are all less scalable and easier to detect that hacking.

> That is a great step forward, compared to the closed black boxes, e-voting systems I have heard of before.

It's still a black box. You have only their word to go that the published source is what is actually running on the machine in front of you in the voting booth. And they have only the word of their computers.

So yes, it's a great step forward, in the same way that going up a flight of stairs is a great step towards reaching orbit.