Hack the vote? (Ohio edition)
Nov. 5th, 2012 11:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
petardierI wasn't too concerned about Romney relatives indirectly owning shares in voting machine manufacturers, but this story does worry me:
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/15/2012/4783
Secret software updates installed in the computers that tabulate the county results in Ohio just before the election? And it's not tested or certified as required by law? I hope they get an injunction in time. I hope someone gets a copy of that update and makes it available for dissection by reputable computer security professionals.
A little thought should make it obvious that if you want to steal an election, fraudulent voters is a stupid plan, subverting individual machines is less stupid, but still potentially leaves many opportunities to be caught. On the other hand, a hack at the level where the votes are tabulated leaves very few machines with evidence of what happened. Such a hack might pass unnoticed unless the audit trail from the individual districts is strong and is kept available.
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/15/2012/4783
Secret software updates installed in the computers that tabulate the county results in Ohio just before the election? And it's not tested or certified as required by law? I hope they get an injunction in time. I hope someone gets a copy of that update and makes it available for dissection by reputable computer security professionals.
A little thought should make it obvious that if you want to steal an election, fraudulent voters is a stupid plan, subverting individual machines is less stupid, but still potentially leaves many opportunities to be caught. On the other hand, a hack at the level where the votes are tabulated leaves very few machines with evidence of what happened. Such a hack might pass unnoticed unless the audit trail from the individual districts is strong and is kept available.
