Saddened by the passing of a true giant in the area of security, privacy, and accessibility, Noel Runyan. 1/
https://twitter.com/kqedscience/status/1182798544798797826
Noel was such a bright light, with a knack for invention, drama, thoroughness, persistence, and just an uncanny understanding of science and engineering 2/
I was so privileged to work with him on the @CASOSVote 2007 California Top-To-Bottom Review of electronic voting systems and then over the years on the @LACountyRRCC voting technology advisory board 3/
@CASOSVote @LACountyRRCC I learned a lot from Noel. For example, how to use sleight-of-hand to open a locked banker's bag zipper (he loved magic!)... 4/
@CASOSVote @LACountyRRCC The lesson I still carry with me from Noel is that accessibility is fundamental to inclusivity; we cannot truly serve humanity if we cannot serve all of humanity. 5/
I mean, give me a break, the man won second place in the 2014 Worldwide Rock Tumbling Contest; as a blind person who built. his. own accessible metalsmithing and rock working equipment. And his rocks and stones were just gorgeous. 6/
@ekr____ puts in context some of his contributions to accessibility of US voting systems here: "Why getting voting right is hard, Part V: DREs (spoiler: they're bad)" 7/educatedguesswork.org/posts/voting-d…
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