> after slowly learning more and more about how difficult it is to create secure system It's an IT problem that many at HN should understand. Secure this syste

> after slowly learning more and more about how difficult it is to create secure system It's an IT problem that many at HN should understand. Secure this system against potential nation state attackers who are highly motivated: * System is distributed across locations in every county in the nation * System is actually a variety of different systems, not built to any standard or spec (AFAIK). * Software and hardware are not audited or known to be secure. Much of it is well past it's designed lifetime. Level of maintenance varies, but is probably low on average. * System is operated by amateurs, often volunteers, a different group of them in every location. Operators have a variety of training, but often very little and often minimal security training. Operators are not vetted. * Physical security is minimal. Also, up to 180 million users are given private, physical access to the system. ... Obviously, it's an absurdly impossible task. To any degree that it is possible, the expense would be so high that paper would be the obvious choice.