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Worst Ever Security Flaw in Diebold Voting Machine

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the oh-but-that's-a-feature dept.

WhiteDragon writes "The folks at Open Voting Foundation got their hands on a Diebold AccuVote TS touchscreen voting machine. They took it apart (pictures here), and found the most serious security flaw ever discovered in this machine. A single switch is all that is required to cause the machine to boot an unverified external flash instead of the built-in, verified EEPROM."

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  1. Re:Diebold lobbied slashdot... by andrewman327 · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Ok, how's this one: I for one welcome our new voting machine overlords! If that doesn't work, how's this: In Soviet Russia, machines vote using you!


    Face it, these are never going away.

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    Information wants a fueled airplane waiting at the hangar and no one gets hurt.
  2. Re:Don't forget... by zerocommazero · · Score: 0, Redundant

    1.bleh 2.bleh 3.bleh 4.bleh 5. PROFIT!!!