“The real threat isn’t a thrown election. Nationwide electoral fraud would be extremely difficult to pull off, mostly because votes in the U.S. are tallied by more than 7,000 counties and townships. Hacking enough of them to tip the balance would be a monumental undertaking — and one certain to be detected. (Tabulators are designed not to be connected to the internet at all.) Rather, the risk is a violation of trust: that Election Day mishaps borne of outdated, poorly engineered technology will confirm and amplify the fear pervading this campaign.” From Bloomberg: The Computer Voting Revolution Is Already Crappy, Buggy, and Obsolete.

+ Before you knock supposedly obsolete tech, check out this Commodore 64 that’s still being used to run an auto shop in Poland. (Warning: This image might not render correctly on your Apple Newton.)