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Florida County Asks Students To Crack Elections

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the redesigning-the-design-phase dept.

imAck writes: "After the election fiasco last year in Florida, many have discussed the possibilities of using a computerized voting system to replace the old punch-card ballot system. Florida's Broward county is considering buying a $20 million dollar computerized touchscreen system to handle future elections. What makes the story interesting is how they are planning to test the system for security holes. The county plans on holding mock elections in high schools and at senior citizen communities. They are actually asking the students to try and hack into the system during the mock elections to learn of possible security issues." I wonder if Broward County would look into spending their money on hardware and supporting development of the GNU Project's existing electronic voting software.

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  1. Don't do it -- it's a trap! by Private+Essayist · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Florida students, don't fall for this! It's a trap! After you crack the system, they will haul you off to jail for being "evil hackers."

    I'm only half joking, sadly.

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  2. Where's Florda by daviskw · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Where's Florda?

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  3. Yeah, so they can bust 'em! by beej · · Score: 0, Redundant

    They just want to bust all these kids under the DMCA! Don't do it!