Let's Assume Voting Machines Are Like Space Stations
So the space station develops a leak, and NASA delays its return to earth to make sure every possible precaution is taken that the technology works properly. Not so the makers of Diebold voting machines, whose innards, it seems, can be accessed with key cards that also work in hotel mini bars (subject of today's No.7 top blog post) and can be purchased at office furniture stores, according to Princeton University computer scientists who set out to test the security of the votinig machines. Do YOU feel safer for the future of democracy now?
Diebold's response: The company's "In the News" section of its web site hasn't been updated since May; SC Magazine quotes Diebold's response: "Dave Byrd, president of Diebold Election Systems, blasted the Princeton report, saying in a statement that Diebold machines are secured with advanced encryption software".
(Maybe we should vote absentee from the space station?)
Posted by Sue MacDonald at September 19, 2006 03:02 PM
