Source code of Polish electoral voting system?
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Re: Source code of Polish electoral voting system?
#2Context: State Electoral Commission declared a computer glitch is delaying the vote count. The problem persists, and election results are not yet available.
Re: Source code of Polish electoral voting system?
#3Here's a Google Translate of the README.md file:
Based on a cursory analysis of the executable file and application development can be concluded that the performance of the Election Calculator entrusted single Studénka, probably working for external contractors. Ms. Agnieszka, I really sympathize, we are with you!
Poland is a country in which the fate of thousands of members of the committee rests on the shoulders of the novice programmer.
Re: Source code of Polish electoral voting system?
#4Is the definition of a secure system, that it is still secure even if you have the source code?
Re: Source code of Polish electoral voting system?
#5Here's a Google Translate of the README.md file: Based on a cursory analysis of the executable file and application development can be concluded that the performance of the Election Calculator entrusted single Studénka, probably working for external contractors. Ms. Agnieszka, I really sympathize, we are with you! Poland is a country in which the fate of thousands of members of the committee rests on the shoulders of…
A "more English" translation could read:
Based on a cursory analysis of the executable and application development, it's clear that the act of writing the Election Calculator was entrusted to a single (female) student, who was probably working for external contractors. Ms. Agnieszka, we really sympathize, we are with you!
Poland is a country in which the fate of thousands of committee members rests on the shoulders of a novice (female) programmer.
Re: Source code of Polish electoral voting system?
#6Leaked? Is the source code not public anyway? I mean generally you'd want to know what method they are using to count votes.
Re: Source code of Polish electoral voting system?
#7Likely a fake. The company which wrote the system is recruiting just PHP developers, while this is written in C#.
Of course this is all speculation. It may be truth and someone reconstruct the original version by decompiling it. e.g.: https://github.com/wybory2014/Kalkulator1/commit/cdff9cb67b8...
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#8The sourcecode wasn't leaked - an internal website (with the software, written in C#) [1] was leaked, and then the program was decompiled and pushed to GH.
EDIT: The website leak itself is actually pretty old news, but the decompilation and public shaming of the code itself is relatively new. “Zaufana Trzecia Strona” has more information [2] about the leak itself (in Polish).
[1] - http://zapasdlakbw.home.pl/kalkulator-wyborczy/kalkulator/
[2] - http://zaufanatrzeciastrona.pl/post/wersja-testowa-systemu-p...
Re: Source code of Polish electoral voting system?
#9Likely a fake. The company which wrote the system is recruiting just PHP developers, while this is written in C#. Of course this is all speculation. It may be truth and someone reconstruct the original version by decompiling it. e.g.: https://github.com/wybory2014/Kalkulator1/commit/cdff9cb67b8...
You can download the installation package here http://zapasdlakbw.home.pl/kalkulator-wyborczy/kalkulator/ and decompile it. pdf file was included.
Re: Source code of Polish electoral voting system?
#10Likely a fake. The company which wrote the system is recruiting just PHP developers, while this is written in C#. Of course this is all speculation. It may be truth and someone reconstruct the original version by decompiling it. e.g.: https://github.com/wybory2014/Kalkulator1/commit/cdff9cb67b8...
According to media PHP is used server-side (the system was written using CakePHP). This is decompiled client app that is used by electoral commissions (the one that is hardly working at the moment).