[Linux-aus] Grant request: Contribution to Senate voting source code FOI request review.

[Neill Cox]

I've increased my pledge as a result.

I'm sure the AEC used to be better than this when I contracted there in the
90s.


On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 7:30 AM, Chris Neugebauer <chrisjrn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 11 July 2014 09:33, Michael Cordover <la at mjec.net> wrote:
> > On 11 July 2014 00:15, Andrew Donnellan <ajdlinux at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm not sure the AEC knew quite what they were getting themselves
> into...
> >
> > I'd be surprised if they did - I certainly had no idea of quite how big
> this
> > would get!
> >
> >> Will be interesting to see what their response is to the Senate order -
> >> I'll be very surprised if they don't try to claim public interest
> immunity.
> >
> >  Agreed. There's a long history of refusing to table documents on the
> > grounds that they are commercial-in-confidence and I don't see the AEC
> > suddenly rolling over on that claim.
>
> Unsurprisingly, the AEC refused to comply with the Senate order:
>
>
> http://lee-rhiannon.greensmps.org.au/sites/default/files/ronaldson_response.pdf
>
> "...I am advised that publication of the software could leave the
> voting system open to hacking or manipulation..."
>
> Eeeew.
>
> --Chris
>
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Neill Cox
Ingenious Software
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