NYT - Computer Voting Is Open to Easy Fraud

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: David Lesher <wb8foz () nrk com>
> Subject: NYT - Computer Voting Is Open to Easy Fraud
> To: farber () cis upenn edu (David Farber)
> Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 04:36:16 -0400 (EDT)
>
>
> {"I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!"}
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/24/technology/24VOTE.html
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> Computer Voting Is Open to Easy Fraud, Experts Say
> By JOHN SCHWARTZ
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> The software that runs many high-tech voting machines contains
> serious flaws that would allow voters to cast extra votes and
> permit poll workers to alter ballots without being detected,
> computer security researchers said yesterday.
>
> "We found some stunning, stunning flaws," said Aviel D. Rubin,
> technical director of the Information Security Institute at Johns
> Hopkins University, who led a team that examined the software from
> Diebold Election Systems, which has about 33,000 voting machines
> operating in the United States.
>
> .....
> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 21:35:21 -0400
> From: Avi Rubin <rubin () jhu edu>
> Subject: head's up
> To: dave () farber net
>
>
> Dave,
>
> A paper we wrote that you may want to know about is at
>   http://avirubin.com/vote.pdf
>
> John Schwartz is covering it in tomorrow paper (online probably in about 
> an hour). He suggested I give you a heads up.
>
> Avi
>
>
> **************************************************
> Avi Rubin
> Associate Professor, Computer Science
> Technical Director, Information Security Institute
> Johns Hopkins University

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