Damning Report On Sequoia E-Voting Machine Security

TechDirt notes the publication of the New Jersey voting machine study, the attempted suppression of which we have been discussing for a while now. The paper that the Princeton and Lehigh University researchers are releasing, as permitted by the Court, is "the same as the Court's redacted version, but with a few introductory paragraphs about the court case, Gusciora v. Corzine." What's new is the release of a 90-minute evidentiary video — the researchers have asked the court for permission to release a shorter version that hits the high points, as the high-res video is about 1 GB in size. See TechDirt's article for the report's executive summary listing eight ways the AVC Advantage 9.00 voting machine can be subverted.

Comments

Don't look

[Anonymous Coward]

Don't read the report about voting machines. It contains spoilers about who wins next month.

Re:Don't look

[BorgAssimilator]

It's ok, the spoilers were already announced:

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/diebold_accidentally_leaks

No problem, just put a disclaimer on the machines

[l0ungeb0y]

"We provide this voting booth for entertainment purposes only. Use of this machine does not constitute the actual act of voting for a bill or candidate. The State of [INSERT_STATE_NAME_HERE] and the United States Federal Government are not liable for any damages that may arise through the use of this entertainment apparatus."

That ought to do it.

LOL

[circletimessquare]

actually, i was referring to a scratch and sniff voting system

"hmmm... obama"

scrathscrathscratch

"yay! smells like jesus and cupcakes! ok, now... mccain"

scrathscrathscratch

"uggh. smells like depends and denture cream"

Re:LOL

[db32]

Oh yeah...and what does Jesus smell like?
I am torn between sort of a dusty smell or a 2000 year old zombie smell. I guess it depends on your take on the story. Even best case scenario of coming back non rotted they didn't exactly bathe much back then and washing feet was a big damned deal. No matter what, I can't imagine Jesus is a good smell. (love or hate the fan club, regardless of the divine/not divine, the J man was a cool guy...and thankfully he was a Jew so probably has a good sense of humor so I don't have to sweat it much if he was divine)

Re:I rolled a 2

[onkelonkel]

It's nice here in the summery. In the wintery it rains all the time.

Re:"E-Voting Machine Security" like "Microsoft Wor

[flyingsquid]

The only thing a e-voting machine should be used for is printing a paper ballot. Count the paper ballots. Anything else means you have to trust the voting machine, or the people who verified the voting machine. (You have to make sure that there are no hidden things in any of the chips, the software, any memory card that comes into contact with the machine, the network that the machine is connected to, etc. Seriously, who can possibly think that a E-voting machine with a Sprint data card in it is secure?)

Nonsense. The vast majority of computer security experts agree that electronic voting machines are the safest, most secure way to conduct an election, and that they are virtually immune to tampering or forging of votes.*

*results of a poll of 1000 experts conducted using Diebold voting machines. 93 of 1000 said electronic voting was not secure, 1237 out of 1000 said that it was.

Re:no

[Falconhell]

"people can use computers, television, and the car,'

But not apparently, capital letters.