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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)."
Seriously.
Its time to look to the future instead of dwelling in the past.
I'm guessing that you knew a priori how to drive a car before you were ever trusted to get behind a steering wheel? No? Seriously, it didn't take you weeks to prepare for that moment, did it? (I love car analogies)
More on point, the *point* of open standards is so that we can all write code and applications that work together so that lots of things can be as easy as you think a Mac is, and then every idiot, grandparent, and special olympian can get their point across. (If I left your particular group out and you feel insulted, you're an idiot!... there, feel better?)
Open standards create environments where all software can work well together. Your vote against it because you are unfamiliar with anything but Mac flavored cool aid brand applications is tantamount to you wearing a scarlet M on your forehead so we can all see you coming from a sufficient distance as to allow us time to avoid you.
As for easiest and cheapest? I have some doubts about your ability to count money. I hope that you don't work the register in any store that I patronize.
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Are we supposed to take seriously what a "security group" says when they post a video in Quicktime? A closed format that is obnoxious to the point of being borderline malware, not to mention closed source? Why not a nice Xvid file, seriously? It would almost certainly be smaller to boot.