015| Election Security, US Midterm Edition: The Big Picture
Cyber Security Sauna
English - October 29, 2018 06:04 - 35 minutes - 49.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsTechnology News Tech News infosec cybersecurity informationsecurity Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Democracy in the digital age is a wonderful yet wild beast. When it comes to electing our leaders nowadays, we're faced with questions about how to escape the influence of malicious actors. With the US midterm elections just around the corner, F-Secure security adviser Sean Sullivan joins us this episode to explain the complexities of the US election system to a European. Sean covers campaign misinformation, why security is not as simple as going back to all paper ballots, and how the hacker mindset can help.
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Episode 15 transcript (including campaign videos)
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