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More E-Voting Software Leaks Surface

Posted by simoniker on from the cheating-for-election-and-profit dept.

Christopher Soghoian writes "Sound like something you've seen before? Wired News reports that the software which runs Sequoia's AVC Edge voting machines has been accidentally placed on another company's publicly available FTP server, although this time it's the binary, rather than the source that's been leaked. Machines running this software were used in California's Riverside County for the 2000 presidential election and for last month's California gubernatorial recall election. The system also has been used in counties in Florida and Washington state."

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  1. From the designers of the DMV..... by numakris · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, because if the federal government does it, it is efficient, reliable, and effective.

  2. Ok hackers... by skank · · Score: 4, Funny

    from the article

    Neumann, the security expert, said, "This means that anyone could install a Trojan horse in the MDAC that won't show up in the source code." Jaguar employees, Sequoia employees or state election officials could insert code that wouldn't be detectable in a certification review of the code or in security testing of the system, he said.

    Now all we need to do is write a trojan to get Tux elected president!!

    Karma -2 (Not Funny)

  3. Yeah, right by lildogie · · Score: 4, Funny

    > Also, why isn't the federal government coming out with a standard software framework for voting? ... get the DOD on it.

    Yeah, have the military run the elections. Great idea...NOT.

  4. The logical progression... by geekwench · · Score: 3, Funny
    1) Dark or light colored rocks? How passe. Let's mark these clay tablets instead.

    2)Clay tablets take too long to dry. Votes could be changed in the meantime. Pen and paper is better.

    3)Pen and paper is too slow to tabulate. We're switching to these cool punch cards.

    4)People are apparently too stupid to use punch cards. Long live the touch screen system!

    5)These electronic voting boxes can apparently be h4x0r3d by any halfway intelligent three-year-old with a spoon and an old emery board. This system, however, is foolproof...

    *pulls out basket full of rocks painted black or white*

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    Doing my level best to piss off the religious right wing...
  5. This Modern World comic by Slur · · Score: 3, Funny

    Here's the most recent This Modern World comic by Tom Tomorrow for those of you who are into biting political humor....

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    -- thinkyhead software and media