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0xbadcafebee on Aug 3, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hacking Voting Machines at Defcon

The Estonian method is too complex to be easily proved to be secure. You have to play a cat-and-mouse game ad infinitum to keep up its integrity. Simpler systems are less costly over the short and long term, and more secure by default.

simpss on Aug 4, 2017 [–]

Could you give me an example of what makes it too complex and maybe an example of a system that is simpler?

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