Monday, March 6, 2017
An Electronic Future needs a Paper Trail
An Electronic Future needs a Paper Trail
I love living in The Future. Sure I might not have a flying car, or a rocket pack, and I cant go on holiday to the Moon, but I can spout my dumb ramblings to an entire world (in theory at least). I have a "communicator" that allows me to ring almost anyone, almost anywhere. And I can be on one side of the world one day, and another the next. Or hell, sometimes the previous day.
But The Future isnt always awesome. Especially when it comes to voting. I think old politicians are trying to appear "with it" by modernizing something which doesnt need it.
Watch this.
In Sixty seconds they manage to open a e-voting machine and replace its ROM. This basically means theyve replaced its memory chip with one of its own. Maybe it will just destroy all the votes cast from then on. Maybe it will make every vote count for "Evil Candidate Alpha." Of course those Ideas are stupid. But in a "First Past the Post" System. You dont have to do either. Just make it register enough votes that you get 51% and youre away. Thankfully this message its being made clear.
We need a paper trail. We need literally tons of evidence.
No computer is secure. By definition it cant be. Its a device that does only two things. Copy and Edit. And if youre trying to stop it doing that then you might as well try to hold back the sea with your hands.
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