The Fallacy of Controlling Smartmatic’s Source Code

Before anything else, I am not a computer expert nor a techno guy. But I have some things to say about the fuzz in securing source codes.

A lot of hype has been made in reviewing and securing the source code of Smartmatic’s Election Management System. Based on what I know, the format of the source code, which is usually readable, is very much different from the compiled executable files which becomes a machine language. Practically, the executable program that is finally loaded into a computing machine usually becomes “unreadable” and not even a computer expert, without the necessary decompiling tools, can actually vouch if the executable program really matches the source code.

Having said that, this is a grim scenario where cheating may occur. A programmer secretly replaces the executable program loaded in a machine which will allow him to “remotely” access the system without passing through its “secured…