A Senate Bill Would Radically Improve Voting Machine Security

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Jul 31, 202406:31Technology

This year’s Intelligence Authorization Act would mandate penetration testing for federally certified voting machines and allow independent researchers to work on exposing vulnerabilities. Learn about your ad choices: dov...

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