California Secretary of State - Voting Systems Review
These kinds of things, 'red team attacks' and 'going through the source code' needed to be done from day one, and instead they're being done some 6-7 years later.
But hey, it's only democracy, right? When have accurate votes ever been required?
Showing posts with label california. Show all posts
Showing posts with label california. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Monday, May 07, 2007
You go, Massachusetts!
Massachusetts Joins the Real ID Fight.
While, in theory I'm not opposed to a standardized, national ID, I don't see it as helping at all nowadays, and likely only making things worse. I mean, if Government agencies can't keep track of critical parts of their computers, how are we supposed to trust them to keep a database of every American safe? If that wouldn't be a juicy target for identity theft, I don't know what is.
Also, weren't most of the 9/11 hijackers here legally with unforged documentation? I don't see how requiring them to get slightly different ID's is going to help. Especially when illegal immigrants can get legal ID anyhow.
While, in theory I'm not opposed to a standardized, national ID, I don't see it as helping at all nowadays, and likely only making things worse. I mean, if Government agencies can't keep track of critical parts of their computers, how are we supposed to trust them to keep a database of every American safe? If that wouldn't be a juicy target for identity theft, I don't know what is.
Also, weren't most of the 9/11 hijackers here legally with unforged documentation? I don't see how requiring them to get slightly different ID's is going to help. Especially when illegal immigrants can get legal ID anyhow.
Friday, March 30, 2007
You go, California!
New California e-voting measure uses hackers to test voting machine security
Seriously, voting machines, if we're going to insist on electronic ones, should get hammered harder than an unprotected Windows box on the public internet, before they're deployed, and the companies that make them should welcome such attacks and then immediately fix those vulnerabilities. I mean, would you put yourself or your friends or family into a car whose manufacturer had refused to send to independent crash testing facilities? No, that's ludicrous, but that's just what Diebold and other's have done. They hold America's Democracy in their grubby little hands and then glare at us and lean closer to their desk whenever we try and look over their shoulder.
Anyone who ever honestly thought and said that voting machines ought to be a black box should be hanged, or at least deported.
I applaud California for both their Zero-Tolerance policy regarding voting machine manufacturer misconduct (this is one of the few places I'm 100% in favor of 'Zero Tolerance' policies) as well as further requiring (well, proposing to require) such intensive testing.
Seriously, voting machines, if we're going to insist on electronic ones, should get hammered harder than an unprotected Windows box on the public internet, before they're deployed, and the companies that make them should welcome such attacks and then immediately fix those vulnerabilities. I mean, would you put yourself or your friends or family into a car whose manufacturer had refused to send to independent crash testing facilities? No, that's ludicrous, but that's just what Diebold and other's have done. They hold America's Democracy in their grubby little hands and then glare at us and lean closer to their desk whenever we try and look over their shoulder.
Anyone who ever honestly thought and said that voting machines ought to be a black box should be hanged, or at least deported.
I applaud California for both their Zero-Tolerance policy regarding voting machine manufacturer misconduct (this is one of the few places I'm 100% in favor of 'Zero Tolerance' policies) as well as further requiring (well, proposing to require) such intensive testing.
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