In the course of a technical meeting here today re: high assurance, fault-tolerant engineering requirements, an important recurring theme emerged again. So, to give a sense of our work, here's a post of some musings in a short 🧵
H/T: Bill Crowell, Peter Harter, @ejsebes 2] Election technology (and frankly all critical infrastructure) is simply a national security matter, regardless of probability of compromise. We can't have national security-critical computing running on hardware produced abroad; anywhere, much less in an adversarial nation.

1️⃣The COVID-19 crisis is causing important conversation among election administrators & security experts about expanded access to by-mail voting. The volume of good ideas might seem overwhelming to many. So we’re offering something we hope might help... Thread/ 2️⃣We've carefully reviewed recent excellent work from @voteathome and @mattblaze about contingency planning, by-mail voting, requirements & process. Their resources are so thorough that legislators, policy makers & election officials might struggle to know where to start.

1/ Deja Vu; this time in NV. Let's be clear from the start: their's is an "App" and no designation of "tool" changes that. Let's stop playing word games here. The fact that its pre-loaded & may not use mobile connectivity is the only "difference." Thread/ thenevadaindependent.com/article/nevada… 2/ It's nonsense to get caught up in nuanced definitions over App vs. Tool in order to separate their upcoming caucus from Iowa. This is lipstick on the pig. An "App" is the digerati abbreviation for "software application" distributed over mobile networks (e.g., "5G" services).

We believe we speak not only for ourselves, but other similar firms, projects & researchers working toward verifiable, accurate, secure & transparent election administration technology, when we observe that @ShadowIncHQ crossed a line & damaged other important work... Thread/

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2/ The line they crossed is between one type of tech: campaign, electioneering, or organizing Apps, and another type of tech: mission-critical, application-specific, fault tolerant software, firmware & hardware to manage voter data, ballot data, and election data when...

1/ GA Election Admin Server Compromise Issue: Here is a timeline thread on the GA server compromise events from @gam1357 and @ejsebes so we can frame the chronology more easily and quickly. Thread/ nbcnews.com/tech/security/… 2/ December 2014: This is the date of a possible compromise, suggested by information found by a recent examination of the FBI's forensic image; said examination performed by Logan Lamb, a cybersecurity specialist.

1/ POLITICO Reports: There is a partisan split on foreign interference and security of voting technology. This is a serious concern because election integrity and security are patriotic matters and cannot be partisan disagreements in defense of democracy. Thread/ 2/ Fewer than 6 in 10 Americans believe that foreign governments are a threat to U.S. election integrity or security, according to a C-SPAN/ipsos poll released Thursday. This is a MUST read thru... ipsos.com/sites/default/…

OSET Breaking: A new Briefing has released today to shed light on the process of how voting systems are purchased, deployed, and updated, with an emphasis on the challenges that currently inhibit those updates. Thread/ osetfoundation.org/research/2019/… 2/ Our Global Dir. of Technology Development, @eddieperezTX brings his "A game" in explaining the "inside baseball" of how all this works (and doesn't work); information you won't easily find elsewhere. His 15-years of industry experience make the difference in answering...

1/ Hello @euroclyde and @4aPeoplesParty ...Thanks again for your generous support. We believe the @TrustTheVote Project is "of the people, by the people, and for the people." It is the only way, from our view, to restore trust in elections technology. THREAD/ 2/ The challenge is lack of innovation in a failing commercial market for election and voting technology that's truly Verifiable, Accurate, Secure, and Transparent in process (the so-called "VAST Mandate"). Thus, our nonprofit, nonpartisan cause is to...