Iowa Democrats should have known better than to use an app. Via FiveThirtyEight:
because the party wouldn’t reveal who built the app, what testing had been done, or who they had consulted to make sure it was secure.
Even before the caucuses began, some precinct chairs reported difficulty with the app, including trouble downloading it. Additionally,that seven of the 10 volunteers running precincts in his district never downloaded the app at all and always planned to call in the results. “One of the reasons election security is such a difficult problem to solve is because the people who are operating elections aren’t tech people,” MacAlpine said. “They’re often retirees, people who are trying to help their community.”
Though the party still isn’t revealing many details about how the app was tested beforehand, a bug like this suggests it was not adequately tested at scale in the way it would be used on caucus night.
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