Re:Google to give political parties anti-hacking tools in ti...
by Pinbenterjamin on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @09:57AM
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Google, and S.C. as a whole are really the 'Grandchildren' to the 'Grandpa' American Political system.
Changing the status quo in that environment is like steering a barge through honey. They're so resistant to change, it's stunning.
While this is marketed(?) as a anti-hacking tool, this is just a reverse proxy. It's a good step, and it doesn't smell too badly of 'google'. They aren't offering to 'host' political party data, as far I can tell, and they aren't running voting machines. They're just stepping in as the 'kid next door that is good with computers' so that Grandpa stops getting Russian viruses.
Changing the status quo in that environment is like steering a barge through honey. They're so resistant to change, it's stunning.
While this is marketed(?) as a anti-hacking tool, this is just a reverse proxy. It's a good step, and it doesn't smell too badly of 'google'. They aren't offering to 'host' political party data, as far I can tell, and they aren't running voting machines. They're just stepping in as the 'kid next door that is good with computers' so that Grandpa stops getting Russian viruses.