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Hacking Votes
CIO Journal ^
| 9/27/2012
| Michael Hickins
Posted on 09/27/2012 2:16:01 PM PDT by Positive
Advanced Voting Systems of Frisco, Texas, clearly didnt give software security a thought when it designed its electronic voting machines.
The AVS WinVote system is vulnerable to wireless computer sabotage, but because of a lack of funding to replace them, those machines are still in use in more than a third of the polling localities in Virginia, a swing state that could determine the outcome of this years U.S. presidential election.
A new Virginia law bans wireless capabilities in voting machines, but allows the use of those machines election officials already purchased.
Jeremy Epstein, a computer researcher who helped draft the legislation, tells CIO Journal the opportunity for hackers to remotely transmit code to the devices, magnifies any other vulnerability in the voting system.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.wsj.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2012; corruption; elections; hack; machines; vote; voterfruad
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posted on
09/27/2012 2:16:11 PM PDT
by
Positive
To: Positive
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posted on
09/27/2012 2:48:03 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Windflier
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posted on
09/27/2012 2:50:31 PM PDT
by
Positive
(Nothing is sadder than to see a beautiful theory murdered by a gang of brutal facts.)
To: Positive
The French vote on paper and they process the results almost as quickly as we do. We need to get rid of electronic voting machines!
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posted on
09/27/2012 2:51:21 PM PDT
by
WellyP
(question!)
To: Positive
A wireless enabled voting machine?! Why would even the manufacturer have thought that to be a good idea?
Does this same company manufacturer debit cards with people's PINs printed right on them, or perhaps safes that don't lock?
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posted on
09/27/2012 3:53:04 PM PDT
by
verum ago
(Note to self: check the date, stupid!)
To: WellyP
I’m in favor of paper ballots and purple ink on the finger.
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posted on
09/27/2012 4:20:12 PM PDT
by
afraidfortherepublic
(Joe Biden is reported to be seeking asylum in a foreign country so he does not have to debate Ryan.)
To: Windflier
Thank you, I was looking for a new tagline.
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posted on
09/27/2012 4:45:57 PM PDT
by
MeganC
(Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
To: MeganC
Thank you, I was looking for a new tagline. You're welcome, Meg. Wear it with pride.
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posted on
09/27/2012 5:25:30 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Positive
If the polls are skewed and the count is skewed, who’s the wiser? They will say the winner was rightly predicted.
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posted on
09/27/2012 8:31:03 PM PDT
by
Crucial
(Tolerance at the expense of equal treatment is the path to tyranny.)
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