Eminent Computer scientist warns of severe ES&S vulnerabilities.

[Stevepol]

This supports my contention that ES&S is as bad as Diebold. In fact I think ES&S is worse because they are able to sneak in under the radar sometimes, posing as a vendor of better equipment. This article explodes the myth of ES&S's superiority.


Severe Insecurity in the ES&S iVotronic Electronic Voting System
Information and Advice for System Users from Eminent Computer Scientist

The FSU report revealed a serious security vulnerability in the iVotronic: it is vulnerable to viruses that could be introduced by a single outsider and that could spread throughout a county. This means that a single outsider in a county that uses the iVotronic with firmware version 8 could potentially steal all the votes in that county, without being detected. In my opinion, the severity of this security hole is roughly comparable to that of the Hursti II / Princeton virus - which is to say that it needs to be taken very seriously. This risk is especially significant for folks using the iVotronic without a VVPAT.
One consequence for advocates is that this is further evidence that it's not just one vendor who has serious security problems; it's a second instance this sort of virus vulnerability. Don't let anyone tell you that if we just "kick Diebold off the island" all of the security problems will go away.

For folks in jurisdictions that are using the ES&S iVotronic, here are some concrete suggestions and recommendations that you could use for responding to this security issue.

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The report goes on to enumerate specific ways to prevent cheating on specific versions of the Ivotronic



Link: http://www.votersunite.org/info/ES&SInsecurity.asp

[lostnotforgotten]

1. Personally Witnessed ES&S Machines Flip Votes In 2004

The state and national democratic parties did nothing.

That's when I became an Independent.

[Kurovski]

2. K&R.

Get rid of the machines.

Hand Counted Paper Ballots Now.

[Wilms]

3. K and you know what. n/t