Cryptographers Held an Election. They Can’t Decrypt the Results. (www.nytimes.com)

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So secure was the annual contest to fill three director and four officer positions that when one trustee lost his cryptographic key to unlock the results, the error made it impossible.

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[-] pupbiru@aussie.zone 11 points 4 months ago

in complex systems design, you never blame human error. humans are fallible, and if the system doesn’t account for human error then it’s just a matter of time until failure occurs. look for a way to make the system tolerate or eliminate human error

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