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I hope someone hacks the vote to make Mickey Mouse or some other stupid name win. Phone voting is a cybersecurity nightmare.
by cwkoss 7y ago
I hope someone hacks the vote to make Mickey Mouse or some other stupid name win.
Phone voting is a cybersecurity nightmare.
- filoleg 7y agoWhy would someone need to do any "hacking", if the only thing needed to vote is name and date of birth. Someone could easily aggregate all that data and write a short python script to do all the voting on everyone else's behalf. Not advocating for anyone to do so, as this is extremely illegal, but imo whoever signed off on this kind of online voting system is an even bigger criminal in my eyes. EDIT: upon reading further comments, I discovered that voter registration records in WA are officially public, and they include names and DOB (among other things). I am speechless.
- cwkoss 7y agoUnder US law 'unauthorized access of a computer system' is hacking, so writing someone elses name and DOB would qualify as 'hacking' in the legal sense.
- filoleg 7y agoMy bad, I guess I misunderstood what you were saying. I was just trying to make a point that there is no usual "evil hackers trying to break into our systems" kind of situation. It's like stealing someone's car by simply entering the wide open door and turning the keys someone left in the ignition.
- dane-pgp 7y agoRussia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 votes that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.