Voting Machines Can Be Easily Compromised, Symantec Demonstrates (cbsnews.com)

An anonymous Slashdot reader quotes a report from CBS News: For the hackers at Symantec Security Response, Election Day results could be manipulated by an affordable device you can find online. "I can insert it, and then it resets the card, and now I'm able to vote again," said Brian Varner, a principle researcher at Symantec, demonstrating the device...

Symantec Security Response director Kevin Haley said elections can also be hacked by breaking into the machines after the votes are collected. "The results go from that machine into a piece of electronics that takes it to the central counting place," Haley said. "That data is not encrypted and that's vulnerable for manipulation."
40 states are using a voting technology that's at least 10 years old, according to the article. And while one of America's national election official argues that "there are paper trails everywhere," CBS reports that only 60% of states conduct routine audits of their paper trails, while "not all states even have paper records, like in some parts of swing states Virginia and Pennsylvania, which experts say could be devastating."

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And when Trump says the same thing, it's an outrag

[melted]

And when Trump says the same thing, it's a national outrage. It's not a coincidence the Left is trying to eliminate voter registration laws, and switch everything to electronic voting.

Re:And when Trump says the same thing, it's an out

[SvnLyrBrto]

As in many other cases, Drumpf is a raging hypocrite. In the real world, vote fraud is a republican thing. And they're not even subtle about it. One of their operatives, the CEO of Diebold, manufacturer of many of the voting machines in the US, went so far as to openly state his intention to divert votes to the republicans:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11...

And then there's Clinton

[Okian Warrior]

Here is Trump in a nutshell.

Here is Clinton in a nutshell:

I have no accomplishments to show you, nothing I can proudly point to and say "I did that".

My lying, favouritism, disregard for rules, and ineptness aren't important - I've got the experience to be president.

Electing me will make you feel good.

The only thing I can do is throw insults, so I do it day after day after day.

Nobody cares

[Okian Warrior]

Really, I pointed out how you contradicted yourself, if you aren't going to own up to your own hyperbole, why should you get to look down at others?

Face it, you burned yourself.

Nobody cares what you think, and you're not very good at it.

Re:And when Trump says the same thing, it's an out

[BlueStrat]

The left isn't trying to eliminate voter registration laws and you know it, just make them meaningless. They're just trying to stop the right from making the process verifiable. Remember, we actually want more people of certain socio-economic & ethnic backgrounds who would be very likely to vote for us to vote as many times as possible, not less, to have more certainty of a win for the Left/Democrats regardless of how the majority of qualified voters actually voted.

The above edited for accuracy.

YW HAND

Strat