Comment by [deleted] on 27/01/2021 at 10:56 UTC

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View submission: Was the 2020 Election stolen?

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If the source code is released, it could easily be hacked? We definitely don’t need an OPEN SOURCE voting system ffs

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Comment by [deleted] at 27/01/2021 at 12:43 UTC

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Comment by devils_advocaat at 27/01/2021 at 11:31 UTC

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Immediately maybe, but not after a sufficient period of time. Security by obscurity leads to undetected hacking.

Comment by TheUltimateSalesman at 27/01/2021 at 15:19 UTC

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Security through obscurity is not security. It just means those that know the holes can cheat. Open sourcing it means that they have to fix the holes.