A Very 13/12 Christmas
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A Very 13/12 Christmas
In the year 2031, due to years of strategic investment, software to support electronic voting has become ubiquitous. Despite an onslaught of new cryptographic attacks, the US government was poised to adopt one of these implementations--with a price tag of $100 Billion, for use in the midterm elections.
However, a last minute act of sanity spearheaded by Senator Wyden preserved tech companies from overriding the objections of security and cryptography experts. Despite the sunk cost, not all was lost: the tech became a novelty in the United States.
Last week, a few of your local furries decided to use one of these apps to coordinate a Secret Santa gift exchange. You decide to join in, perhaps not really understanding how all of that fancy tech works, but wanting to have a bit of fun.
Today, you get a notification that the enrollment window has ended, and the assignments will happen automatically.
In total, 13 of you elected to join.
