DHS plans urgently needed to address identified challenges before 2020 elections [pdf]

Re:DHS plans urgently needed to address identified challenge... by morio on Thursday February 06, 2020 @05:52PM (#22261325)

Agreed, I see a lot of "if Estonia can do online voting, why can't we?" When I talk to some of these people, who work in the SV as software engineers, I realize not everyone has a wide ranging context on security and privacy. Not everyone religiously attends or watches DEFCON presentations...

There is also a continuous push to make results available faster, basically instantly. The media is as guilty as everyone else here. Like we can't wait for a few days for results.

Lastly reducing the amount of total paid workers and volunteers in the field to reduce costs likely looks like a shiny object in many managers eyes.

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Re:DHS plans urgently needed to address identified challenge... by deepspace on Thursday February 06, 2020 @06:51PM (#22261727)

> not everyone has a wide ranging context on security and privacy

Hey, it sounds like you just came up with an excellent screening question for interviewing potential software developers for any project with security and/or privacy requirements.

"Do you think electronic voting is a good idea?" A "yes" answer would suggest strongly that the candidate does not have a deep understanding of software security and privacy issues.

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Re:DHS plans urgently needed to address identified challenge... by CalRobert on Thursday February 06, 2020 @06:08PM (#22261427)

If they went to a single DEF CON talk on voting they'd strongly favour paper.

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