Dutch Securing E-voting After Being Pwned

An anonymous reader writes, "After the Dutch we-don't-trust-voting-computers foundation demonstrated glaring security holes in Dutch voting computers last week, the Dutch government has ordered (Dutch) all software to be replaced, all hardware to be checked, unflashable firmware to be installed, and an iron seal to be placed on voting machines. A certification institute will double-check all measures, and on election day will cull random machines to check them for accuracy. The Dutch intelligence service AIVD has been approached to consult on the radio emissions issue. Furthermore, foreign observers will monitor the upcoming elections on November 22nd. But the action group is still not confident (Dutch) that all problems are solved." US elections are controlled at the local level, so unfortunately such a nationwide fix would not be workable here.

Comments

"pwned"?

[IHSW]

What is "pwned"?

fixed here

[frovingslosh]

US elections are controlled at the local level, so unfortunately such a nationwide fix would not be workable here.

Oh, don't worry, I have it on good authority that the elections will be fixed here.

Re:understandable

[ichigo 2.0]

But it's electronic, so it must be better!

Re:understandable

[Reverend528]

I get it, see, e-voting is worth all the trouble and hassles because it...does...what better than paper voting?

I guess you were part of the 3% of the population that voted against electronic voting and not part of the 203% that support it.*

*numbers calculated by diebold voting machines.

Being from Chicago...

[Pesh Hawksfire]

I basically scoff at the idea of a secure election in general.