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Thomas Johnson III

thomas_johnson_iii@arrcay.7t4.us

Systems Engineer

Active: 3 months ago

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Thomas Johnson III

Sun, 20 Oct 2024 20:06:07 -0400 from ArrCay

Dominion is trying to save face in light of recent issues with their overpriced crap machines.

Of course it's all BS. Their machines use Windows.

That pretty much says it all. An OS that is notoriously insecure and unreliable. Windows does not even appear on the ITIC Global Server Hardware,
Server OS Reliability Report/Survey for good reason. The only reason to use Windows is for playing games and writing TPS reports - things where nobody really cares that much about reliability or security. It does not belong on any "critical" system - like the ones revealed not long ago in the crowdstrike debacle. I would argue it has no place in any .gov computer system at all - a related topic for another day...
Setting the Record Straight: Facts About Dominion - Dominion Voting Systems

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: FACTS ABOUT DOMINION Dominion is focused on supporting our customers who administer U.S. elections. We are closely monitoring claims around the 2024 election. We strongly encourage people to rely upon verified, credible sources of election information – sources that can explain the many layers of physical, operational, and technical safeguards that ... Read more

It appears that on their systems they leave normal desktop apps like antivirus software installed, as well as database admin tools. And their system uses MS SQL database with some overly complex proprietary software interface for the simple process of recording/counting ballots.

So there's no way to audit the entire software system, from the proprietary OS, to the database system used, to the proprietary user interface. And I would guess that the programming is cobbled together by code monkeys that work for bananas.

Of course a cheaper, more secure, fully auditable (all open source software - a custom linux or BSD OS) voting machine system could be made. Hell, I could probably throw a prototype together within a few months even though I'm not much of a UI (user interface) programmer.

But the fact remains that no machine is really 100% secure or reliable. So the idiots in legislatures [that likely received financial benefits to do so] should have never approved the use of machines in elections to begin with.

Paper ballots, hand counted remains the most secure, most reliable, actually auditable, and apparently the faster method of vote tabulation.