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Sqeaky @sqeakyismad.bsky.social · 7h

You seem like a dip shit.

Sqeaky @sqeakyismad.bsky.social · 12h

I like @lauriewired.bsky.social, here she covers a specific issue with trusting code. Even if the source code is available, the tools that turn this into the code machines actually run can insert stuff.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu3l...

We aren't mature enough with tech to trust it with elections.

The Original Sin of Computing...that no one can fix

YouTube video by LaurieWired

www.youtube.com

Sqeaky @sqeakyismad.bsky.social · 12h

The blockchain has trust issues because of so many crypto scammers. Despite that, the math is a fundamentally good for creating a shared ledger where people don't trust each other.

Groups are experimenting with making voting systems, but these don't exist yet and there are practical issues.

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Sqeaky @sqeakyismad.bsky.social · 12h

What I think are entirely unacceptable are purely electronic voting machines or machines that produce paper that can't be read without a tool.

It is easy for one software developer to insert malicious junk. If you have a stomach for white papers, read Thompson's Reflections on trusting trust.

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Sqeaky @sqeakyismad.bsky.social · 12h

Right now, the best machines are ones that print fully human readable paper ballots. So ballots exist and often these have counting machines.

A machine does the counting and this allows recounts by hand. It is also nice that these accommodate deaf/blind users.

But all code is hard to trust.

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Sqeaky @sqeakyismad.bsky.social · 12h

The trade-off with fully paper is that humans have to count all of it. Which isn't actually that bad because they get counted in the polling place and then the results get phoned in and any anomalies can be checked and actually watched for by humans, because explaining paper is easy.

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Sqeaky @sqeakyismad.bsky.social · 12h

And to clarify, there's at least four voting systems in this space

Fully paper: good

Electronic with human readable paper ballots (scantron): ok

Electronic with paper ballots only machine readable (bar code): bad

Electronic with no paper ballot or blockchain: Very bad.

Blockchain: unproven 1/n

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Sqeaky @sqeakyismad.bsky.social · 12h

In the long term, demand a robust paper trail. It is hypothetically possible to make an auditable fully electronic system (sigh, blockchain...), but that's not what these companies want.

Short term, find a way to sue/audit everything you can. I don't see peaceful solutions after a rigged vote.

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Sqeaky @sqeakyismad.bsky.social · 12h

I don't think any place that has tweets can be a left-wing space. Sane people left X a while ago.

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Sqeaky @sqeakyismad.bsky.social · 13h

I am a software dev who once worked at ES&S.

It's hard to poll watch a fully electronic count3d election It doesn't help that the next biggest competitor, ES&S, has a bunch of wild GOP ties too.

I have never been a fan of modern voting machines. It can be done all on paper and should be.

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Abby @abbywinters.bsky.social · 16h

This 👇🏻

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Sqeaky @sqeakyismad.bsky.social · 13h

What left wing spaces are they taken seriously in? Every left-wing space I see drops antisemites is pretty quick.

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Sqeaky @sqeakyismad.bsky.social · 13h

Yes, you should tell him, be as bold as your data and expertise allow, and be willing to sever ties with idiots.

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Sqeaky @sqeakyismad.bsky.social · 13h

I'm a big fan of fines that are a percentage of revenue. Specifically not profit. If a mass data breach cost them 5% of their revenue, we'd get exactly what you're looking for. It would also absolutely destroy companies that had bad security. And I think that's okay.

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Sqeaky @sqeakyismad.bsky.social · 13h

So that thing with the IDF using people's 3D models in propaganda, that has been floating around seems superficially accurate. The IDF appears to be lying, again, and it is nuanced if true.

Are these reliable sources?

www.thenational.scot/news/2552730...

www.972mag.com/israeli-army...

How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda

An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators.

www.972mag.com

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Mr. Fahrenheit @mrfahrenheit.bsky.social · 1d

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

www.wbez.org

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Sqeaky @sqeakyismad.bsky.social · 13h

If anybody from a car with no plates, no ID, or a mask attempts to arrest you, fight for your life because it might be anyone: human traffickers, people who hate you for your religion, anyone.

If ICE won't identify themselves, we have to treat them like criminals, we can't tell the difference.

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Sqeaky @sqeakyismad.bsky.social · 23h

What sucks most about this is there are ethical ways to do it. The Capitalists just didn't choose any of those because this is slightly more profitable for them.

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Carl Ott, Author @bubba687.bsky.social · 1d

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Frosted Poptart @toastertrollop.bsky.social · 1d

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Selina Grissom @lilrdvet2.bsky.social · 2d

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Sqeaky @sqeakyismad.bsky.social · 1d

I am surprised that people give anyone in the Trump administration any credibility. Not quitting as soon as you're asked to do something illegal or wildly unethical is disqualifying and destroys credibility.

People who need to see her caught in flagrant lies aren't ready to deal with malice.

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Sqeaky @sqeakyismad.bsky.social · 1d

I haven't gotten to the real ending yet, I've only seen the first two endings, but so far it feels more like maternal protection.

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Sqeaky @sqeakyismad.bsky.social · 1d

Babs is you as such a great game.

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Luigi is a folk hero! 🇵🇸 🇸🇩 @seriesjunkie.bsky.social · 2d

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