I wonder how the program changes got past the testing stages?
Systems I have been involved in usually had three levels of testing that all had to pass. The programmer tested it, the analyst tested it and finally the user tested it in a pre-production environment.
At that point the management team would decide whether the change should be moved into production. If they also approved only then the change was made.
You're right about all the various testing. We do the same. IF the code was originally tested and working correctly, without the "bug", it would have made it through the testing. What I do know, is that these machines, by law, aren't allowed to be connected to the internet. That means someone would have to come in and physically upload the bug. Kind of like how those technicians came in with a USB drive during the AZ elections in 2020.
Personally, what I believe, is that these machines worked as intended, and code was written to intentionally switch votes from the get-go
I wonder how the program changes got past the testing stages?
Systems I have been involved in usually had three levels of testing that all had to pass. The programmer tested it, the analyst tested it and finally the user tested it in a pre-production environment.
At that point the management team would decide whether the change should be moved into production. If they also approved only then the change was made.
Easy to get past test stage since it worked just like they wanted!
This lol
You're right about all the various testing. We do the same. IF the code was originally tested and working correctly, without the "bug", it would have made it through the testing. What I do know, is that these machines, by law, aren't allowed to be connected to the internet. That means someone would have to come in and physically upload the bug. Kind of like how those technicians came in with a USB drive during the AZ elections in 2020.
Personally, what I believe, is that these machines worked as intended, and code was written to intentionally switch votes from the get-go