X-Git-Url: http://git.nikiroo.be/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=test%2Fexpected%2FSLASHDOT%2F0102640864.header;fp=test%2Fexpected%2FSLASHDOT%2F0102640864.header;h=5ff23763a5a44c20dbd6a2c1315826f249f78c08;hb=299a08f325f3de71e191b17b16a120d1714e3d7c;hp=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hpb=1aaa6ba3686a5a14f2957b6b8d02ffc0903f6832;p=gofetch.git diff --git a/test/expected/SLASHDOT/0102640864.header b/test/expected/SLASHDOT/0102640864.header new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5ff2376 --- /dev/null +++ b/test/expected/SLASHDOT/0102640864.header @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +0Blockchains Are Not Safe For Voting, Concludes NAP Report (nytimes.com) null/SLASHDOT/0102640864 70 +i Thursday September 06, 2018 @11:30PM (BeauHD) +i from the ensuring-the-integrity-of-elections dept. +i +i The National Academies Press has released a 156-page report, +i called "Securing the Vote: Protecting American Democracy," +i concluding that blockchains are not safe for the U.S. election +i system. "While the notion of using a blockchain as an +i immutable ballot box may seem promising, blockchain technology +i does little to solve the fundamental security issues of +i elections, and indeed, blockchains introduce additional +i security vulnerabilities," the report states. "In particular, +i if malware on a voter's device alters a vote before it ever +i reaches a blockchain, the immutability of the blockchain fails +i to provide the desired integrity, and the voter may never know +i of the alteration." The report goes on to say that +i "Blockchains do not provide the anonymity often ascribed to +i them." It continues: "In the particular context of elections, +i voters need to be authorized as eligible to vote and as not +i having cast more than one ballot in the particular election. +i Blockchains do not offer means for providing the necessary +i authorization. [...] If a blockchain is used, then cast +i ballots must be encrypted or otherwise anonymized to prevent +i coercion and vote-selling." The New York Times summarizes the +i findings: The cautiously worded report calls for conducting +i all federal, state and local elections on paper ballots by +i 2020. Its other top recommendation would require nationwide +i use of a specific form of routine postelection audit to ensure +i votes have been accurately counted. The panel did not offer a +i price tag for its recommended overhaul. New York University's +i Brennan Center has estimated that replacing aging voting +i machines over the next few years could cost well over $1 +i billion. The 156-page report [...] bemoans a rickety system +i compromised by insecure voting equipment and software whose +i vulnerabilities were exposed more than a decade ago and which +i are too often managed by officials with little training in +i cybersecurity. Among its specific recommendations was a +i mainstay of election reformers: All elections should use +i human-readable paper ballots by 2020. Such systems are +i intended to assure voters that their vote was recorded +i accurately. They also create a lasting record of "voter +i intent" that can be used for reliable recounts, which may not +i be possible in systems that record votes electronically. [...] +i The panel also calls for all states to adopt a type of +i post-election audit that employs statistical analysis of +i ballots prior to results certification. Such "risk-limiting" +i audits are designed to uncover miscounts and vote tampering. +i Currently only three states mandate them. +i