Posted on 08/15/2016 4:06:19 AM PDT by fluorescence
Security consultants have been demonstrating that it’s simple and affordable to hack voting machines recently. Cyber security firms like Symantec and Crowdstrike have confirmed that hacking a voting machine is a fairly simple process, costing about $15 online and requiring only moderate knowledge.
“I can insert it, and then it resets the card, and now I’m able to vote again,” Symantec researcher Brian Varner told CBS News. The hacker doesn’t even need to leave the voting booth – and monitoring the actions of someone casting a vote is illegal, to preserve the voter’s right to cast a secret ballot.
Crowdstrike CEO George Kurtz told CNN Money a similar story. His firm was hired to investigate by the Democratic National Committee after the email leak that shook the party.
“There’s not even a doubt in my mind that there are other actors out there that have yet to be found. I’m sure there will be other hacks that come out over the course of this election and certainly beyond that.”
Kurtz called the DNC leak a watershed moment, suggesting that it was only the tip of the iceberg. He says that his firm has been fielding calls from Washington non-stop as politicians try to come to grips with the unprecedented threat of hackers trying to manipulate or subvert the American political process.
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BTTT.
FYI, I’m also in favor of putting indelible purple dye on the thumb of anyone who votes. I’m also in favor of letting people vote twice - if the purple thumb is amputated.
That is why the counting machine should be different than the voting machine.
I can think of a few other safeguards. For instance, take a sample of ballots counted in the machine, and verify by hand count or some other non-alterable means that the count of the sample of ballots is the same as the count in the active machine.
Can you read the roll and verify that it reflects the vote that you selected, or does that roll have some machine code on it that you cannot read?
The alteration of the vote occurs inside the machine, and the count of the ballots should occur on a physically separate machine.
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