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You could have multiple independent inspectors do such certification provided state/federal laws are strong enough to discourage bad actors, but there's a bigge
by mikegerwitz 9y ago
You could have multiple independent inspectors do such certification provided state/federal laws are strong enough to discourage bad actors, but there's a bigger problem than that: how do you guarantee that the hardware is the same? You don't, especially if malicious State actors are involved.
Even in the case of inspecting software, you'd have to guarantee that the systems are secured after inspection and not tampered with. That's an even more difficult problem.
The systems are simply too complex.
- zanny 9y agoYou need a system for point of use verification of system integrity by the voter as they are voting. It also doesn't need to be "simple enough" for anyone to do it. You just need a system in place to enable voters to verify the authenticity of the machine (a relatively easy way is a public voting ledger where the voter can match the id the machine shows with what shows up in the ledger a minute later) and those with the know-how will do so.
- mikegerwitz 9y agoSoftware can be verified as such if backed by the proper hardware, but the hardware itself can't be verified in such a manner. You can't produce a signature of a hash of the atoms in a computer.