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Re:We are taking new steps against broadening threats to dem... by mtgx on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @03:18AM (#17807702)
I like most of Brad Smith's initiatives, but I hope the end-goal here isn't to just put more Windows on voting machines. Because the last voting machines that got Windows are some of the least secure devices around, many of them still unpatched for many years.

I know that's not all Microsoft's fault, but if that's their "solution" or others similar to it, then we'd be better off without them in the long term.

And that's without even mentioning the whole issue around proprietary software being used in the voting process (even if it's just for counting votes, because nobody ever checks or audits those after the fact anyways, and the numbers are always taken at face value).

Re:We are taking new steps against broadening threats to dem... by lern_too_spel on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @04:31AM (#17808014)
This has nothing to do with voting machines. It's the public announcement of Microsoft's equivalent to https://landing.google.com/advancedprotection/