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Video Shows Easy Hacking of E-Voting Machines
Mike writes "The Security Group at the University of California in Santa Barbara has released the video that shows the attacks carried out against the Sequoia voting system. The video shows an attack where a virus-like software spreads across the voting system. The coolest part of the video is the one that shows how the 'brainwashed' voting terminals can use different techniques to change the votes even when a paper audit trail is used. Pretty scary stuff. The video is absolute proof that these types of attacks are indeed feasible and not just a conspiracy theory. Also, the part that shows how the 'tamperproof' seals can be completely bypassed in seconds is very funny (and quite disturbing at the same time)."
... hosted on an .edu server?
This can't end well.
I'm downloading now, will convert to mpeg4, and post a torrent to mininova (if the server doesn't melt before the download completes).
Schrödinger's cat is not amused—maybe.
Except for the fact the cheapest and easiest to use tools are on the Mac (iMovie) and save as quicktime. Why bother using open standards if you want to get your point across, if it will take you 2 weeks to get up and running, especially if you haven't done so before.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
It doesn't per se. It relies partly on the voter not checking the paper ballot. If they don't void it, it slips through normally. If they do check it, it fixes the ballot, and acts normal.
Otherwise it tries to convince the voter they're done without actually returning the smart card. When they walk away, it voids the ballot, and pops up the "fled voter" screen. The poll worker comes up, uses the admin "submit" toggle to submit the changed vote, and takes back the card. Most places I've been, the poll workers depend on you returning the card, so that wouldn't work.
To me the most compelling piece was how easily the system was compromised. Even if it only screws with a percentage of the votes, that could be huge.
ad logicam Claiming a proposition is false because it was presented as the conclusion of a fallacious argument.
Here's the goods:
Full 100mb version: http://www.cs.ucsb.edu.nyud.net/~seclab/projects/voting/ucsb_evoting_attack_dl.mov
Compressed 10mb version: http://www.cs.ucsb.edu.nyud.net/~seclab/projects/voting/ucsb_evoting_attack_dl_small.3gp
Posting to YouTube after download finishes...
Here is a mirror of the big file: http://porksteak.com/ucsb_evoting_attack_dl.mov Will leave up as long as possible.
Open standards are important in this case for the simple reason that they ensure that the message will be seen by the largest audience possible.
No sig for the moment.
What do you mean by 'Quicktime'? The Quicktime .mov container format exported by recent versions of Quicktime is an open standard (part of MPEG-4 now). What's in this container depends on the user, but the defaults are MPEG-4 (often now AVC) for video and MPEG-4 AAC for audio. These are all open standards, although if you're in a part of the world with a broken legal system they might be patented.
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*sigh* And these ACs are part the people who help decide the fate of the nation? No wonder we're screwed...
Barack had dual citizenship with Kenya (NOT Indonesia) and the US until 21 years old when Kenyan law required him to abandon it. He was born in Hawaii which makes him a natural born citizen.
McCain was born on a naval base which is considered soverign US soil for the purposes of birth, and has been since the 1790s by an act of Congress. (It's true the wording isn't as clear as it could be, but it's clear what the intent is of the bill.)
Both candidates are US citizens and natural born. This is all a non issue, has been, will be. Go find some other misinformation to spread...
Part I:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWDEZqqqBHE
Part II:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moEsgdzZ19c
ucsb evoting attack
Schrödinger's cat is not amused—maybe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWDEZqqqBHE (part I)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moEsgdzZ19c (part II)