My fear about the Diebold story

[RandomKoolzip]

is that the programmers and honchos who are responsible for the faulty/ rigged computer systems will get embarrassed by how BevHarris, et.al. have infiltrated and picked apart their scheme.....and come up with new, hack-proof voting software/ hardware that is invulnerable to outside scrutiny INSTEAD of paper trails, so that they can rig elections in private and be able to cover their asses more thoroughly.....


Anyone else feeling as paranoid as me?

[wakfs]

1. Don't worry

There is no such thing as hack-proof software.

[Az]

2. There is no such thing as secure n/t

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[RandomKoolzip]

6. I know as much about programming as I do about the presidents of

Finland, but this story has always caught my attention. Maybe not hack proof, but impervious to Bev n' company? Can that happen?

What if they reform and repair the system, but do not employ paper trails?

[TecnoCrat]

3. The news just got a lot more technical attention

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/24/153258&mode=thread&tid=103&tid=126&tid=128&tid=99

Slashdot is arguably the best tech site on the net. It just hit there. Way to go Bev!

[SoCalDem]

8. I love this post

Dear DirectTV... (Score:1)
by metrazol (142037) <jwm33@cornell . e du> on Thursday July 24, @01:43PM (#6523712)
Concerning your recent letter threatening legal action, I didn't buy my smart card programmer to steal DirectTV service...

I bought it to steal an election.

Thank you.


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[Capn Sunshine]

4. As long as somewhere they depend on Microsoft

There will be exploitable holes. Always and forever. Amen.

:nuke:

[gristy]

5. I agree. It just isn't possible.

They've been trying to do this all along.

:kick:

[Not a robought]

7. If there were such a thing as hack proof

neither the RIAA or the MPAA would be worried about digital transmission of intellectual property.

There is one certainty I know of, as long as a human is involved,nothing in the digital realm is invulnerable.

[BevHarris]

9. A kick for preventing our votes from becoming ROAD KILL

Let's stop this madness.

[grasswire]

10. so just stop using computers in elections

That solves all the problems.

[RedEagle]

11. The next push in voting is to...

Internet.

Somehow, these guys will convince the Secretaries of State and the masses that, because the Internet is so convenient, it's the way to go.

We already have the SERVE project brought to you by that patriotic offshore company, Accenture.

Watch out that this doesn't become the push and the lemmings go charge that way.

Remember, The Election Center has been involved in training our election officials for some time now. Paper is now evil. Anything but paper, the county officials have been promised no more paper.

There is a lot of reprogramming to do, and it ain't of the voting systems.

It's an intentional, systemic illness.