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And if Trump had won, I suspect most of these comments would be critical of the absolutely sub-par security of our voting infrastructure. But tribalism still r
by covidthrow 6y ago
And if Trump had won, I suspect most of these comments would be critical of the absolutely sub-par security of our voting infrastructure.
But tribalism still rules, so lots of praise abounds about how well things went. Mostly because their opponent lost.
Frankly, we need publicly auditable records. For some reason we can request practically any non-classified data from the government... but not fine grained, anonymous voting data.
That nobody seems to think this is a problem is... well, not shocking. But when the party that Hacker News largely opposes wins in the future, I bet (hope) there will be calls to improve our infrastructure.
- chaganated 6y agoThey used mechanical voting machines when I was a kid, and I don't recall elections ever being this "buggy." Damn nerds.
- covidthrow 6y agoFor a bunch of people who raise hell about the dangers of using SMS for 2FA, I'm a little surprised at the cavalier dismissal of serious institutional and technological shortcomings in one of the most mission critical systems in the world. I think maybe that's psychological bias at play and not, say, actual affirmation that the system is resilient, let alone adequate. The number of downvotes I've gotten without a single reply is quite suggestive of this. Seriously disappointed in this community of some of the most enlightened technical and scientific minds in the world, right now...
- CyberDildonics 6y agoYou don't have to wonder what would happen if trump had won, because he actually did win four years ago.