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[–] vrek@programming.dev 46 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

My favorite story similar to this was Estonia was the first country to use the internet to allow people to vote. To ensure people of the "security" they set up a Webcam pointed at the server accessible 24/7 on their web server.

This wouldn't do anything as any one trying to modify the results would like be doing it remotely over the internet but that's fine security theater is everywhere and atleast somewhat effective.

If you logged on and looked at the Webcam behind the server a whiteboard on the wall. Someone wrote the wifi password on the whiteboard....

If anyone wants a source https://estoniaevoting.org/photos/opsec-wifi/