It's probably worth picking on E-voting machines paid for by the state. However, isn't it problematic that every computer is essentially vulnerable to attack, failure, bugs, tampering? In fact, almost everything in the world is vulnerable to some sort of manipulation.
Vulnerable systems employed by the state are not limited to voting machines. Across the board, one can easily find vulnerable systems. We insist on targeting e-voting machines, but the failure of an e-voting machine isn't likely to kill anyone.
On the contrary, vulnerable systems exist in critical areas such as emergency responders, EMTs, hospitals, and other places that maintain missions of critical response times.
I think people need to take a deep breath and take the overpublicity of e-voting machines with a grain of salt. There's a lot an individual can do to help tackle computer holes. Start with your own systems. Secure yourself before you try to secure anyone or anything else.
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It's probably worth picking on E-voting machines paid for by the state. However, isn't it problematic that every computer is essentially vulnerable to attack, failure, bugs, tampering? In fact, almost everything in the world is vulnerable to some sort of manipulation.
Vulnerable systems employed by the state are not limited to voting machines. Across the board, one can easily find vulnerable systems. We insist on targeting e-voting machines, but the failure of an e-voting machine isn't likely to kill anyone.
On the contrary, vulnerable systems exist in critical areas such as emergency responders, EMTs, hospitals, and other places that maintain missions of critical response times.
I think people need to take a deep breath and take the overpublicity of e-voting machines with a grain of salt. There's a lot an individual can do to help tackle computer holes. Start with your own systems. Secure yourself before you try to secure anyone or anything else.