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August 13th, 2009

Open-source voting: Secure over obscure?

Posted by Larry Dignan @ 1:31 pm

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At the OpenSource World event in San Francisco, California Secretary of State Debra Bowen says open-source software can help improve security in voting systems. Even with built-in security measures, though, potential human error among thousands of volunteers will put them at risk.

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