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Expert: US Election System Still Lacks Basic Encryption Safeguards
Summary: According to Decrypt, former voting machine auditor Michal Pospieszalski stated that the US election system still lacks basic encryption safeguards to detect tampering or duplication of ballots. He proposed adding end-to-end encryption proof to ensure the security of future elections and restore public trust. Despite these vulnerabilities being discovered as early as 2006, he noted ...
According to Decrypt, former voting machine auditor Michal Pospieszalski stated that the US election system still lacks basic encryption safeguards to detect tampering or duplication of ballots. He proposed adding end-to-end encryption proof to ensure the security of future elections and restore public trust. Despite these vulnerabilities being discovered as early as 2006, he noted that vendors will not take action unless there is legal pressure or updated election laws. Pospieszalski emphasized that the solution involves software rather than hardware, based on 1980s cryptography technology. The model he proposed would include three counts: paper ballots, traditional digital counts, and a third encrypted count.
