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There is a monetary incentive for the company running online systems such as banks to keep things secure(ish). They are made by mostly technically savvy people
by aarong11 6y ago
There is a monetary incentive for the company running online systems such as banks to keep things secure(ish). They are made by mostly technically savvy people and in general are audited properly.
Electronic voting goes to the lowest bidder. They have no incentive to keep things secure and test it properly as that would cost more and cut their middle line. It just needs to work and look secure.
- salawat 6y agoDon't think fiscal incentive assures good implementations. If it really did, places like Experian wouldn't keep getting caught with their pants down. It really just incentivizes hard to audit ones, and extensive legal engineering more often than not as the mathematics dictate. Sometimes it's cheaper to erect legal barriers than to actually dove the problem. This is what separates "business" from "academia", and unfortunately when the stakes are as high as politics, the business good enough solution leaves too much open to doubt for a healthy civic trust to form.