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That's pretty clever. I've been reading this discussion off and on a lot today because I'm pretty fascinated that so many people feel so strongly against elect
by TheGRS 9y ago
That's pretty clever.
I've been reading this discussion off and on a lot today because I'm pretty fascinated that so many people feel so strongly against electronic voting and would rather have paper. On Hacker News of all places. Yes there are ways to manipulate any system, but being software developers we should all know that there are ways to fix these things and make it better.
That's what we're all here for, not for regression to old systems that seem great on paper (ha!), but for progression and new systems that work better.
- Arkanosis 9y agoI'd argue that “being software developers we should all know that there” is no way “to fix these things” reliably. I can understand non-technical people buying bullshit about so-called “secure” software, but anyone having an idea of what software looks like should know that there is no such thing and feel responsible for teaching people about it. Plus, voting machines in use so far have been so blatantly insecure (eg. requirement to use a well known insecure old version of Java-in-the-browser for French people abroad at the French elections of 2012) that it's just impossible to trust people currently working on these matters.