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This is a really big deal. The main “feature” of the @swisspost evoting system was voter verifiability: you check a return code to see if the system registered your vote correctly.
It appears that @VTeagueAus, @SarahJamieLewis and Olivier Pereira have gotten the agency’s attention with this one. Deployment of the system being delayed. post.ch/fr/notre-profi…
I guess all you have to do to get action is break an e-voting system nineteen ways to Sunday.
PS All of these expert researchers were making the observation that the system’s flaws were so egregious that the rest of it couldn’t be trusted. When experts say things like this, people should listen.
It should not take three separate vuln reports before you act.
It should not take three separate vuln reports before you act.
If a structural engineer told you that your house had serious weaknesses and was in danger of collapsing, you wouldn’t make them dismantle the foundation to prove it. You’d sleep in a hotel.
