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Want to Rig an Election?; Here’s the proof!
Topic Started: Aug 2 2006, 06:52 PM (249 Views)
Zybch
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Want to Rig an Election?
Here’s the proof you can do it with the Diebold TS Voting Machine

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The Open Voting Foundation has sent out a new release discussing the ease in which a voting machine can be hacked. This wil be big news all week I suspect. Below is the press release in its entirety.

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA — “This may be the worst security flaw we have seen in touch screen voting machines,” says Open Voting Foundation president, Alan Dechert. Upon examining the inner workings of one of the most popular paperless touch screen voting machines used in public elections in the United States, it has been determined that with the flip of a single switch inside, the machine can behave in a completely different manner compared to the tested and certified version.

“Diebold has made the testing and certification process practically irrelevant,” according to Dechert. “If you have access to these machines and you want to rig an election, anything is possible with the Diebold TS — and it could be done without leaving a trace. All you need is a screwdriver.” This model does not produce a voter verified paper trail so there is no way to check if the voter’s choices are accurately reflected in the tabulation.

Open Voting Foundation is releasing 22 high-resolution close up pictures of the system. This picture, in particular, shows a “BOOT AREA CONFIGURATION” chart painted on the system board.

The most serious issue is the ability to choose between “EPROM” and “FLASH” boot configurations. Both of these memory sources are present. All of the switches in question (JP2, JP3, JP8, SW2 and SW4) are physically present on the board. It is clear that this system can ship with live boot profiles in two locations, and switching back and forth could change literally everything regarding how the machine works and counts votes. This could be done before or after the so-called “Logic And Accuracy Tests”.

A third possible profile could be field-added in minutes and selected in the “external flash” memory location, the interface for which is present on the motherboard.

This is not a minor variation from the previously documented attack point on the newer Diebold TSx. To its credit, the TSx can only contain one boot profile at a time. Diebold has ensured that it is extremely difficult to confirm what code is in a TSx (or TS) at any one time but it is at least theoretically possible to do so. But in the TS, a completely legal and certified set of files can be instantly overridden and illegal uncertified code be made dominant in the system, and then this situation can be reversed leaving the legal code dominant again in a matter of minutes.

“These findings underscore the need for open testing and certification. There is no way such a security vulnerability should be allowed. These systems should be recalled”
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Johnny Fist
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Yup, and paper ballots can be thrown away. So whats the big deal?
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Zybch
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I guess that because these lame machines can me altered so easily.
Why is there NO review process for the software or hardware?
Is it because all the machine makers are in the pockets of the republican party? It sure seems that way when you look at all the faults, 9/10 of them sent votes from dem to repub. Surely, any honest fault would make 50/50 errors.
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There is probably no review because they don't want people to know how the software works. Why would you want any asshole with an internet connection to know how to hack a voting machine? Second, you don't live in America so mind your own god damned business.
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Someone needs to point out to brain dead fucks like you, how easily you are being duped by Bush and his backers.
If they can foist that imbicile on you, just imagine who they decide to put in the whitehouse next.
Although, this could be the end of the USA, if you allow Bush or his junkyard dog, Israel, to invade Iran.
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