[Technical]

Not exactly true. An honest manufacturer would love to have that functionality to do software updates remotely to thousands of machines, debug problems/issues while some election entity is testing new ballot layouts, troubleshoot issues when the election worker clicks button X and something blows up.

I agree. Connectivity would be nice to have, but the security implications make the convenience of remote maintenance/data synching unacceptable.

The problem is regardless of those convenience advantages, their are just way to many possibilities for mischief so you have to JUST SAY NO, and keep that door closed.

Well, exactly. I work in the healthcare field, and when troubleshooting issues it would be great to email the raw data across the Internet. Even with email encryption we don't do that, because of concern over HIPAA. People thinking that voting machines are connected to the Internet don't work in tech.

[bagster]

People thinking that voting machines are connected to the Internet don't work in tech.

They proved the voting machines were connected to the internet some time ago. Maybe you missed that.

[bagster]

People thinking that voting machines are connected to the Internet don't work in tech.

They proved the voting machines were connected to the internet some time ago. Maybe you missed that.

'Online and vulnerable': Experts find nearly three dozen U.S. voting systems connected to internet

(excerpt)

A team of election security experts used a “Google for servers” to challenge claims that voting machines do not connect to the internet and found some did.

Surprisingly, this is fake derp news NBC reporting.

[truthluva]

People thinking that voting machines are connected to the Internet don't work in tech.

I work in Tech. Voting machines can be connected to the internet. It's not that hard. If you decide to respond try to control your breathing.

[Born to Conserve]

“People thinking that voting machines are connected to the Internet don’t work in tech. “

You can connect anything to the internet. ANY THING.

You are an idiot or a gaslighting bastard.

(I am a programmer)

[kiryandil]

People thinking that voting machines are connected to the Internet don't work in tech.

I work in Tech.

Several machines in Georgia went down the morning of the November 3 election because of a remote software update overnight.

"Channel 2′s Tom Jones was in Spalding County, where he went to the local election office to get answers. And elections board member and the elections supervisor said the vendor for the machines notified them at 7:05 a.m. that there was a problem with an overnight update to the system."

Vendor.
Overnight update to the system.
Seems remote-y to me...

    

[kiryandil]

BTW - updates to the software close to the election are a NO-NO.