Democrats Declined DHS Offer to Test Caucus App

Re:Democrats Declined DHS Offer to Test Caucus App by tempsy on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @11:25AM (#22237406)

I don't necessarily think they purposefully rigged the app, but do you not think the campaign may have gotten extra training or a direct line to Shadow for support questions on how to use the app that other campaigns wouldn't have gotten?

I'm seeing on Twitter that the app interface wasn't very intuitive and officials there were confused on how to use it.

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Re:Democrats Declined DHS Offer to Test Caucus App by duxup on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @11:27AM (#22237452)

>you not think the campaign may have gotten extra training or a direct line to Shadow for support questions on how to use the app that other campaigns wouldn't have gotten?

Well other than there is no evidence of that and would that have even helped? My understanding of how the Iowa caucuses work ... what you describe would not advantage anyone. As I understand it the campaigns themselves are not reporting "I got X votes" directly.

I've not been to Iowa but I've been to some caucuses.. what you describe would not advantage anyone in my experience.

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Re:Democrats Declined DHS Offer to Test Caucus App by tempsy on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @11:35AM (#22237553)

I have no idea how the app works.

Buttigieg's comms director tweeted worksheets with the pin number to login to the app on Twitter https://twitter.com/bhalle87/status/1224558925946793985?s=20

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Re:Democrats Declined DHS Offer to Test Caucus App by oasisbob on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @02:12PM (#22239703)

Couldn't "Pin" stand for other things in this context?

If you don't know how the app works, how are you familiar with its security model?

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Re:Democrats Declined DHS Offer to Test Caucus App by duxup on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @11:39AM (#22237609)

I'm not sure that means anything...

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