Experts say the U.S. election system still lacks key cryptographic security measures

On July 14, Decrypt reported that former voting machine auditor Michal Pospieszalski warned that the U.S. election system still has serious security vulnerabilities that were discovered in 2006 but have not been fixed. As the CEO of blockchain security company MatterFi, he pointed out that current voting machines lack end-to-end encryption proof and cannot prevent ballots from being counted multiple times or verify their legitimacy. Pospieszalski suggested a solution based on David Chaum's encryption technology, adding an anonymous serial number to each ballot to ensure uniqueness without introducing complex blockchain technology. He said that this improvement can be achieved through software upgrades, but legislation is needed to push voting machine manufacturers to take action. At the same time, New York State has proposed a bill to study the application of blockchain technology to election security. [Deep Tide TechFlow]