Forget emails. US voting machines are ridiculously insecure. I wrote once about one with hardwired password "admin".https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/07/27/by-november-russian-hackers-could-target-voting-machines/ …
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Replying to @zeynep
The provenance of the hack is interesting and all and all but biggest scandal HOW LUDICROUS security of critical stuff actually is.
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Look, it's doable. It's a choice. SLOT MACHINES have better security than voting machines. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/24/opinion/volkswagen-and-the-era-of-cheating-software.html …pic.twitter.com/fa2912gN8b
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Still don't fully understand why the US insist on voting machines at all. Pencil on paper works fine elsewhere
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Third largest land mass in the world, 318 million people. It's easier to do electronically if possible.
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With fewer points of failure and less lack of trust than an electronic system has
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I think the 2000 US election would disagree. Paper ballots created a very real and significant problem.
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You can do paper ballots badly, for sure. This is a very very rich nation. It's .. doable.
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