Posted by
James Steiner on
Nov 07, 2006; 6:55pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/voting-machine-tampering-tp522939p522957.html
> So from a computer science or security perspective, how robust do you think
> this system is?
It's laughably bad. As has been said before: the software that runs
inside Las Vegas slot machines is better written, better controlled,
better monitored. Likewise the hardware.
I recall reading that Nevada gambling police arrest insider fraudsters
on a fairly regular basis--proof that their system works.
The most clever I read about was a fellow who inserted code into the
programming that watched for a certain sequence of line (coin)
plays... after the sequence, it jack-potted.
~~James
http://www.turtlezero.com(JA-86)
On 11/7/06, Robert Holmes <robert at holmesacosta.com> wrote:
> Not really no. About 30% of the installed machines are the Diebold
> touch-screen model that does NOT give you a printout. There's no paper trail
> and absolutely no way to check that what the person voted for is what the
> machine recorded. In addition, Diebold won't release source code because
> it's proprietary. And the Independent Testing Authority refuses to release
> details of its test program. And anyway, in some states ITA testing is
> voluntary - vendors only need to provide a letter that their machines are
> capable of passing the tests.
>
> So from a computer science or security perspective, how robust do you think
> this system is?
>
> Robert
>
> On 11/6/06, Owen Densmore < owen at backspaces.net> wrote:
> > Won't the electronic voting at least provide a hope for analysis,
> > especially of "irregularities"?
> >
> > -- Owen
> >
> > Owen Densmore
http://backspaces.net