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If [the government, businesses, etc.] could not (or did not) find these vulnerabilities, most of which seem like things your average techie might have checked f
by Skrillex 8y ago
If [the government, businesses, etc.] could not (or did not) find these vulnerabilities, most of which seem like things your average techie might have checked for, what evidence is there to suggest that [the government, businesses, etc.] know how to fix them either?
- ganoushoreilly 8y agoThe same could be said for any system where a vulnerability is found. Vulnerabilities exist, it's the efforts we put into addressing them that matters. Yelling about one party or the other being responsible won't solve the problem. The first steps to a big fix would simply be locking down processes, things that can be done by volunteers joining in the efforts of their local and or state voting agencies. It's easy to sit on the sides lines and say this and that are wrong, I'd rather see more people standing up and trying to find solutions that work. I volunteer and we are always short and no one every seems to "have the time". The quality of candidates that do volunteer are all over and would have far greater an impact with more tech exposed individuals instead of the common retirees that I work with.
- Skrillex 8y agoI cannot tell from the wording of the comment, but this seems like a rebuttal. I agree that solutions should be the first thing that happens as opposed to blaming. However, the comment that I replied to seemed to be stating that the solutions should be left to the first order victims of the exploits (which I am stating is nonsense) and that the DEFCON participants had no place in offering solutions.