Re:Republicans leak voting machines source code
by throwjd764glug on Sunday August 29, 2021 @05:25AM
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It's hard to decide which part to highlight, as every sentence is more farcical than the last, starting with the premise that the code that counts American's votes is kept secret from them, and the unquestioning trust placed by the author in what election officials and voting machine vendors say - election security is not something that should be taken on faith.
> Dominion has filed suits contesting unfounded claims about its systems. In May, it called giving Cyber Ninjas access to its code “reckless” and said it would cause “irreparable damage” to election security.
The machines are so very secure, that mere access to the source code (something which many people had even before - do we trust all of them? Do we even know who they are?) is downright reckless? Then we shouldn't be using machines at all, as they are clearly untrustworthy even by their own admission.
This is not a fringe opinion - electronic voting was ruled unconstitutional in Germany [1], and Computerphile has strong arguments against it as well [2].
In summary, we should be outraged that a leak was needed, not that it happened.
> Dominion has filed suits contesting unfounded claims about its systems. In May, it called giving Cyber Ninjas access to its code “reckless” and said it would cause “irreparable damage” to election security.
The machines are so very secure, that mere access to the source code (something which many people had even before - do we trust all of them? Do we even know who they are?) is downright reckless? Then we shouldn't be using machines at all, as they are clearly untrustworthy even by their own admission.
This is not a fringe opinion - electronic voting was ruled unconstitutional in Germany [1], and Computerphile has strong arguments against it as well [2].
In summary, we should be outraged that a leak was needed, not that it happened.
[1] https://www.dw.com/en/german-court-rules-e-voting-unconstitu...
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3_0x6oaDmI