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Dutch Securing E-voting After Being Pwned

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wouldn't-it-be-nice dept.

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.

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  1. Re:"pwned"? by leonmergen · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What is "pwned"?

    .. something that shouldn't belong in a slashdot headline..

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  2. Paper trail? by Constantine+Evans · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They do all of these things, and yet still do not create a paper trail of each vote?

    It appears that the machines only create a paper copy of the results at the end of the day...

  3. It would work by Spazmania · · Score: 4, Insightful

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

    Sure it would. Powers reserved for the states have been nationalized over and over again by the simple application of cash: The federal government offers funding for a particular project but you have to follow the federal rules to get it. The federal rules are rarely too onorous and the money you don't have to collect in local taxes is too much to turn down when the neighboring states all take it.

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  4. Always kdawson by a16 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Pwned" has been showing up constantly recently, and it's always kdawson.

    What Slashdot need to remember is that their headlines show up in a variety of professional places (by rss) - Google news for one, and having words such as "pwned" looks beyond amateurish.

    How about the next story being "Slashdot editors pwned with a dictionary, improvements expected all round"?

    1. Re:Always kdawson by DittoBox · · Score: 4, Insightful

      No, nerds don't use terms like 'pwned.' Lame World of Warcraft players who think, just because they've touched a RPG of sorts, that they now classify as 'nerd' use the word.

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  5. Re:What is the theory... by mickwd · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "In a bay in California they found several ballot boxes....."

    Because they used paper, there was something to find.

    "In my state of WV they are still prosecuting people for vote buying and ballot box stuffing."

    Because they used paper, and there was something which could be found.