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Hekate

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43. Excellent news. I remember reading here that Diebold's software was proprietary & secret...

Fri Mar 15, 2019, 12:41 PM

Mar 2019

Whoopsie. The whole thing with black box voting with vapor trails stank from the start. Was there a problem with hanging chads? Well, let's makes sure there's no paper to make chads at all. And let a member of the Bush family get in on selling the all new and improved electronic systems.

While I would prefer paper ballots and slower outcomes, having DARPA involved seems an excellent alternative.

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DARPA Is Building a $10 Million, Open Source, Secure Voting System [View all] mbusby Mar 2019 OP

And it allows the voter to verify their own vote. LanternWaste Mar 2019 #1

Open-Source Software--You get what you pay for. Almost all not reviewed, and many done by hackers. TheBlackAdder Mar 2019 #33

Australia has been switching to open source voting. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2019 #39

Well, good luck with that, as it probably had scores of vulnerabilities. TheBlackAdder Mar 2019 #42

No one who works in IT who knows what they're talking about... SKKY Mar 2019 #44

Good on them. But of course, that's not what the GOPee wants. sandensea Mar 2019 #2

Diebold! True Blue American Mar 2019 #10

An appropriately named right-wing company. (n/t) gtar100 Mar 2019 #15

Good news. DARPA is badass. DrToast Mar 2019 #3

+1 Kurt V. Mar 2019 #18

Got my attention. nt littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #32

I've worked on three DARPA projects... Adrahil Mar 2019 #36

well, that's promising ProfessorPlum Mar 2019 #4

Agree. Should find a way to make it mandatory DrToast Mar 2019 #7

Doesn't Australia maintain its voting machine code. And voting machine manufacturers have to use it. catrose Mar 2019 #25

K & R SunSeeker Mar 2019 #5

Ready by 2020? CDerekGo Mar 2019 #6

Military Industrial Complex hosts ArizonaLib Mar 2019 #8

My thoughts exactly. Who was that creep during GWB's admin. that was a holdover japple Mar 2019 #16

Sounds right ArizonaLib Mar 2019 #17

I don't give a rat's ass what the networks want n/t TexasBushwhacker Mar 2019 #28

Yes, voter-verifiable paper audit trail ... mellow Mar 2019 #9

Why not just mark paper ballots by hand? unc70 Mar 2019 #13

some people cant. the disabled community wants touchscreens. mopinko Mar 2019 #38

'Bout fucking time! FiveGoodMen Mar 2019 #11

LOL! Nothing is secure on the Internet. Opel_Justwax Mar 2019 #12

Sure as heck isn't safe now... JCMach1 Mar 2019 #41

If banking and credit card systems can be built securely, gtar100 Mar 2019 #14

YES!!! ArizonaLib Mar 2019 #19

Remember when justgamma Mar 2019 #20

Wasn't that the time the votes were sent to Kentucky ArizonaLib Mar 2019 #22

That's right! Even more damning... gtar100 Mar 2019 #40

there is a fundamental difference between voting systems and consumer financial systems flyingfysh Mar 2019 #24

Right, it's not the exact same problem set gtar100 Mar 2019 #37

Not worth anything until it's deployed, which will be when? mart48 Mar 2019 #21

There is a basic problem with all of these schemes flyingfysh Mar 2019 #23

"This is a problem that is so big that one DARPA program isn't going to solve ... LiberalLovinLug Mar 2019 #26

Trading one problem for another DrToast Mar 2019 #27

Then if that happens, that is what they will do LiberalLovinLug Mar 2019 #30

Tabulating the vote is the problem h2ebits Mar 2019 #29

Total myth made up by those who have a stake in machines LiberalLovinLug Mar 2019 #31

Remember how that worked out for President Gore in 2000? IronLionZion Mar 2019 #45

If I'm not mistaken they were using some ancient punch chad system LiberalLovinLug Mar 2019 #46

Who's going to count all that and aggregate it? IronLionZion Mar 2019 #47

I refer you to my post #31 LiberalLovinLug Mar 2019 #49

Very surprising from a group that sees the villians in sci-fi movies as inspiration rather than rwsanders Mar 2019 #34

as some who has spent my life writing code lapfog_1 Mar 2019 #35

Excellent news. I remember reading here that Diebold's software was proprietary & secret... Hekate Mar 2019 #43

Such a thing is not possible for the simple reason we can't look inside the machine. hunter Mar 2019 #48