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"I am advised that publication of the software could leave the voting system open to hacking or manipulation".

Certainly reminds me of this xkcd: https://xkcd.com/463/ It sounds like security...

I hadn't seen that one :) Someone above mentions its VB6 with embedded SQL Server upgraded from COBOL [1]. Can sort of see how they don't want anyone looking at it now.

1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8039958

It seems to be an ongoing misconception in the public, that part of good security is obstification. Know of any simple clear articles I could point people to when they make these sort of ("because Hackers might see") claims?

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