Posted on 11/30/2020 6:32:23 PM PST by Golden Eagle
Connectivity in the sense that data gets from the machines to the yes, but that's a file transfer, probably via USB stick.
Look at the Imagecast machines on the left. The diagram indicates they create a file which goes to humans and is then entered into the DemocracySuite system.
The machines on the right also produce output files which are then fed into the system.
I've read that in some remote precincts they may have the ability to batch transmit the files to the system via a private modem connection (probably over a public cell network), but that's the exception and still doesn't equate to the voting machines being on the internet.
In some places the central servers which aggregate and report on the voting data may be connected to an external network but if that data was manipulated it wouldn't match what was on the encrypted memory cards and would be discovered by the most rudimentary audit.
Moving the goalposts, once again...
Quite frankly it doesn’t matter. You have to assume that any platform you’re using is compromised unless you know where every chip or component came from. Any internal electronics that have any ties to China are considered vulnerable. Board and chip level penetration exists out of the box.
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