Jeff Bezos and Amazon do not want their workers voting by mail on unionization

Re:Jeff Bezos and Amazon do not want their workers voting by... by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Sunday January 24, 2021 @02:08AM (#25889994)

I think it's undeniable, that mail in voting has a larger attack surface than in person voting.

However, mail in voting, also has greater ease of use.

It is the classic security vs ease of use dilemma that is faced by software engineers and architects every day. Many times stuff you do to increase security, decrease ease of use, and stuff you do to increase ease of use, decrease security.

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Re:Jeff Bezos and Amazon do not want their workers voting by... by AnthonyMouse on Sunday January 24, 2021 @02:13AM (#25890022)

The key is to find a way to avoid the trade off, e.g. instead of mail-in voting, keep the polls open for 30 straight hours into election day so that you're not locking out people with unusual schedules who can't make a specific window.

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Re:Jeff Bezos and Amazon do not want their workers voting by... by onethought on Sunday January 24, 2021 @02:12AM (#25890014)

Which attack surface is that?

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Re:Jeff Bezos and Amazon do not want their workers voting by... by AnthonyMouse on Sunday January 24, 2021 @02:23AM (#25890070)

The ballots spend multiple days in unmonitored and poorly secured locations where they could be intercepted or modified. Ballots are filled out in places (e.g. your house) without monitors to prevent anyone from coercing you to vote in a particular way.

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