If that’s the basis he’s going off, he is right, but that doesn’t dismiss the point I was trying to make - which completely escaped you.
No, it hasn’t. The point is that computer systems, for all practical purposes, are infinitely complex and, therefore, cheaply scalable attacks are also infinite. No matter how open source the hardware or software, no matter hardened against attacks, no matter how many checksums you have … when the stakes are as high as they are with an election and attacks are cheaply scalable, there will always be someone, somewhere with the will and means to come up with a way to exploit it.
But just for shits and giggles, what would your ideal, super-secure digital election look like?
No, it hasn’t. The point is that computer systems, for all practical purposes, are infinitely complex and, therefore, cheaply scalable attacks are also infinite. No matter how open source the hardware or software, no matter hardened against attacks, no matter how many checksums you have … when the stakes are as high as they are with an election and attacks are cheaply scalable, there will always be someone, somewhere with the will and means to come up with a way to exploit it.
But just for shits and giggles, what would your ideal, super-secure digital election look like?