Voting machine hacking instructions available on Gizmodo!!

Pab Sungenis

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Mon Sep-15-08 12:37 PM
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Voting machine hacking instructions available on Gizmodo!!

This is bad, folks. Not only do we KNOW it can be done, but now every yahoo online KNOWS how to do it!

http://gizmodo.com/5049942/hacking-a-voting-machine-making-your-vote-really-count

After the Florida debacle a number of years ago, it really shouldn't come as a surprise that there are *gasp* vulnerabilities in the voting system. Take this hack of the Sequoia Voting kiosk for example. As you will see in the video, a trojan app can be easily installed via a USB key planted among a pool of keys used to initialize the system. While it is highly unlikely that a hack like this could be implemented in such a way that it has a major impact on an election, it is a frightening prospect nonetheless.

Call your county supervisors now. We MUST get rid of these machines!

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Nikki Stone1

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Mon Sep-15-08 12:38 PM
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1. OMG

K & R

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Captain Hilts

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Mon Sep-15-08 12:42 PM
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2. Bring these back...

and voters like this:

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drm604

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Mon Sep-15-08 12:51 PM
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5. I remember the old lever machines.

I voted on them most of my life. Now we vote on the Sequoia AVC Advantage and there's absolutely no way to verify that my vote was recorded properly or to do a proper recount.

http://voterservices.montcopa.org/voterservices/cwp/view,a,1459,Q,31242.asp

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Captain Hilts

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Mon Sep-15-08 12:52 PM
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6. I used them a couple of times also. It felt like voting! nt

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drm604

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Mon Sep-15-08 12:47 PM
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3. This was on Bradblog about a week ago.

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6369

It takes more knowledge to achieve this then what is revealed in the video. It's not achievable by "every yahoo online", but it does illustrate why we need to do away with these damned machines.

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kansasblue

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Mon Sep-15-08 12:49 PM
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4. STEALING AMERICA: Vote By Vote - great move about this now out

http://www.stealingamericathemovie.org/

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whistle

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Mon Sep-15-08 12:55 PM
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7. The machines are totally unnecessary, do paper ballots and hand counts

Edited on Mon Sep-15-08 12:56 PM by whistle

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TooRaLoo

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Mon Sep-15-08 05:28 PM
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8. K & R

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