“Two of the first three states to vote in the Democratic presidential race will use new mobile apps to gather results from thousands of caucus sites — technology intended to make counting easier but that raises concerns of hacking...” apnews.com/a62bc6b9873a1d…
“But the use of a new app by an unidentified developer...has concerned some observers.
Party officials in both states declined to identify the vendor that developed their apps, saying they did not want to create a potential target for hackers.”
“Dem Ruth Thompson, who will chair a Des Moines precinct, said she was not concerned about security risks related to the app.
“The Russians don’t care what’s on my phone,” she said. “I know we’ve got the app, but we have a paper backup...”