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Eugen Rochko

The Iowa voting app, by the sounds of it, wasn't even using https

https://www.propublica.org/article/the-iowa-caucuses-app-had-another-problem-it-could-have-been-hacked

The article doesn't state it explicitly but that's exactly what it sounds like

6 Feb 2020 at 0:55 | Open on mastodon.social
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the notorious gzt

@Gargron one of those ironic things where it's probably for the best that nobody managed to actually use it!

6 Feb 2020 at 0:56 | Open on hulvr.com
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horrowfide

@Gargron
apparently they knocked it up in a couple of months. i'm not a computer guy but that sounds like inadequate time to develop and test an app to me.

6 Feb 2020 at 0:57 | Open on godforsaken.website
Satsuma [moved]

@Gargron since most of the official reporting isn’t making this clear: the app was only intended to get estimated reports to the press faster—the official vote was tallied on paper, as had always been the plan

Like, the app is a total shitshow and a total embarrassment for american politics, but none of this nonsense actually effected election security, just election /reporting/

6 Feb 2020 at 1:21 | Open on wandering.shop
gudenau

@Gargron Call this crap out instead of dancing around it.

6 Feb 2020 at 1:24 | Open on mastodon.technology
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@Gargron

Eugen, have a look here:

The Iowa Caucuses App Had Another Problem: It Could Have Been Hacked

While there is no evidence hackers intercepted or tampered with the results, a security firm consulted by ProPublica found that the app lacks key safeguards.

by Jack Gillum and Jessica Huseman Feb. 5, 4:16 p.m. EST

https://www.propublica.org/article/the-iowa-caucuses-app-had-another-problem-it-could-have-been-hacked

6 Feb 2020 at 2:15 | Open on mastodon.social
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