Bruce Schneier on How Cybersecurity Fears Affect Confidence in Voting Systems
canopic jug writes:
Bruce Schneier, along with Ryan Shandler and Anthony J. DeMattee, has published a a blog post on the role that confidence has in elections and, specifically, the role that electronic voting systems have had in undermining that trust.
This technological leap has made voting more accessible and efficient, and sometimes more secure. But these new systems are also more complex. And that complexity plays into the hands of those looking to undermine democracy.
In recent years, authoritarian regimes have refined a chillingly effective strategy to chip away at Americans' faith in democracy by relentlessly sowing doubt about the tools U.S. states use to conduct elections. It's a sustained campaign to fracture civic faith and make Americans believe that democracy is rigged, especially when their side loses.
Previously:
(2022) A Scientist's Quest for an Accessible, Unhackable Voting Machine
(2020) U.S. Offers Reward of $10M for Info Leading to Discovery of Election Meddling
(2020) HBO's 'Kill Chain' Documentary Highlights Flaws in US Election Machines
(2019) Researchers Assembled Over 100 Voting Machines. Hackers Broke Into Every Single One.
(2019) DARPA's $10 Million Voting Machine Couldn't be Hacked at DefCon (for the Wrong Reasons)
(2019) Top Voting Machine Maker Reverses Position on Election Security, Promises Paper Ballots
(2019) Amid Worries About Election Security, Microsoft Unveils Voting Machine Software
(2018) I Bought Used Voting Machines on eBay for $100 Apiece. What I Found Was Alarming
(2018) Def Con 26 Voting Village Sees an 11-Year-Old Crack a Voting Machine
and many more ...
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