Elon Musk had reacted to Puerto Rico’s major elections.
New Delhi:
Former Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar mentioned on Sunday that Elon Musk’s tackle eliminating digital voting machines (EVMs) from voting is a “enormous sweeping generalisation” which holds no reality, inviting the Tesla CEO to come back and be taught some classes in India.
Responding to the tech billionaire’s put up on X, which alleged that digital voting machines must be eradicated because the “threat of being hacked by people or AI, whereas small, remains to be too excessive,” Mr Chandrasekhar mentioned this isn’t the case in any respect.
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“It is a enormous sweeping generalisation assertion that suggests nobody can construct safe digital {hardware}. Improper,” replied the previous minister.
It is a enormous sweeping generalization assertion that suggests nobody can construct safe digital {hardware}. Improper. @elonmusk ‘s view might apply to US n different locations – the place they use common compute platforms to construct Web linked Voting machines.
However Indian EVMs are {custom}… https://t.co/GiaCqU1n7O
— Rajeev Chandrasekhar 🇮🇳 (@RajeevRC_X) June 16, 2024
In line with Mr Chandrasekhar, Mr Musk’s view might apply to the US and different locations the place they use common computing platforms to construct “Web-connected Voting machines.”
Mr Musk had reacted to Puerto Rico’s major elections which allegedly skilled voting irregularities.
Mr Chandrasekhar additional rejected Mr Musk’s assertion, saying that Indian EVMs are custom-designed, safe and remoted from any community or media.
“No connectivity, no bluetooth, wifi, Web; there isn’t any manner in. Manufacturing unit-programmed controllers that can not be reprogrammed,” knowledgeable the previous minister.
“Digital voting machines may be architected and constructed proper as India has executed. We might be blissful to run a tutorial, Elon,” Mr Chandrasekhar added.
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