Why is it unsafe to send a user their password via SSL encrypted communication rather than always sending a reset link?

I can understand why you wouldn’t want to email someone their password, but on an SSL encrypted web page, I dont understand why websites always require you to reset the password when you’d probably prefer to keep it the same,… Continue reading Why is it unsafe to send a user their password via SSL encrypted communication rather than always sending a reset link?

Is there a flaw in this strategy for computing a task in such a way so as to be both provably accurate and provably transparent?

Recently in a discussion about voting system security I suggested that it’s possible to create a system that is:

provably accurate.
provably transparent.

And thus design a machine that’s both reliably accurate and secure … Continue reading Is there a flaw in this strategy for computing a task in such a way so as to be both provably accurate and provably transparent?