When I began this blog in 2001, I was appalled by President Bush's headlong rush to an illegal war (we were not in fact under attack). As time wore on and Bush began his assault on the Constitution and any people bold enough to criticize, I believed that "the republic is endangered more by actions of our own government than by those of any terrorist." With the election of a high-minded, compassionate, intelligent man like Barack Obama, my fears have ceased.
"Honor them with peace, not war"
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Maryland Primary Diebold Voting Machines Open to Hacking
Voting Booth Security: Revisited
Watching Freedom Downtime about hacker Kevin Mitnik in prison without a trial, I began surfing around and came across this article on voting booth hack-ability.
What's the latest on where America will be for the next elections?
Read on:
Maryland Primary Diebold Voting Machines Open to Hacking: "omputer security experts hired to hack electronic voting machines manufactured by Diebold Election Systems found that flaws in the machines could result in malicious insiders or outsiders stealing an election.
The findings, released in a report late Thursday afternoon, culminated a weeklong test undertaken by security experts at Raba Technologies, a firm hired by Maryland's legislative services department to hack the voting machines. The report (PDF) stated that the Diebold machines did accurately count the votes but could be compromised.
The authors concluded that Diebold's software would need to be rewritten to satisfy security standards but could be made sufficiently secure in time for Maryland's March primary election. "
Be prepared,
Kate
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