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Experts Critique SERVE Internet Voting System

Posted by simoniker on from the e-uh-oh dept.

linuxwrangler writes "SFGate is reporting that a critique by four security experts claims that SERVE, a system being developed to allow US citizens overseas to vote via the Internet, is so vulnerable to attacks that it should be scrapped. The other six experts who examined the system declined to issue a report. Nevertheless, the Pentagon stands by the system and plans to use in in elections next month."

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  1. Re:Pentagon in the Democratic Election Space ? by cascadingstylesheet · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Forgive me for asking but why is the Pentagon involved in the conduct of Elections? Isn't there some more neutral organization ? It is like asking the Republican-leaning ("I am committed to delivering ...") Diebold to be in charge of conducting elections. If it was the State Department (Colin Powell) it would make sense but the Pentagon (Donald Rumsfeld) ? There is no democracy in the Defense Services and None at the Pentagon - what makes them so confident that they know what democracy needs.

    (Cough, choke) Powell, and the State Department?

    I'm sorry, but State seems to be full of people who think that their job is to serve the citizens of all countries except the United States. Not exactly "neutral" if you ask me (anti-Americanism being the province of Dems, domestically speaking).