Voting Software

[MagicalAzareal]

Surprise! MIT Study Claims Voatz E-Voting Technology Is A Security Dumpster Fire

You’d be pretty hard pressed to find a single respected cybersecurity expert that thinks voting via smartphone is a good idea. There’s just too many potential attack vectors as your vot…

www.techdirt.com

There seem to be a lot of security disasters involving e-voting lately, I really hope no one is actually stupid to adopt any of it in a real election.

Good relevant cartoon lol:

Voting Software

xkcd.com

 

[User37935]

Indeed, and making the younger generation actually walk to a polling station not only gives them some rare exercise but reacquaints them with the humble "pen", that old school writing device

 

[R0binHood]

I really hope no one is actually stupid to adopt any of it in a real election.

Estonia has been doing it for years

Electronic voting: What Europe can learn from Estonia

Implemented in 2005, Estonia's internet voting (i-voting) system now serves as a model for governments on how online voting can be done securely.

blogs.microsoft.com

 

[zappaDPJ]

Chancellor Rishi Sunak mistakenly joins rebels in chlorine chicken vote

A Commons bid to guarantee post-Brexit food import standards is defeated - despite unexpected backing.

www.bbc.co.uk

Mr Sunak voted digitally for a change to the Agriculture Bill that would have guaranteed a ban on chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef.

oops!

 

[overcast]

I wonder if the E-voting can be compromised and manipulated.

 

[R0binHood]

Chancellor Rishi Sunak mistakenly joins rebels in chlorine chicken vote

A Commons bid to guarantee post-Brexit food import standards is defeated - despite unexpected backing.

www.bbc.co.uk

oops!

Shame it was a mistake. I've not heard from anyone that thinks we should adopt the switch to chlorinated chicken.

 

[zappaDPJ]

Shame it was a mistake. I've not heard from anyone that thinks we should adopt the switch to chlorinated chicken.

I tend to agree although I think it's important to view the full picture. We in the UK already use chlorine washes to process non-organic fruit and vegetables: https://cot.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/cot/cotstatementwashaids200614.pdf

My first concern is why we need to import chicken at all. Surely it's more cost effective to breed our own? Secondly does chlorine washed chicken allow a lower standard product to pass fit for consumption? And of course thirdly, does the process present a health risk?