Friday, February 23, 2007

Sarasota, Florida, Voting Machines Insecure

Ed Felten writes on Freedom to Tinker:

The technical team commissioned by the State of Florida to study the technology used in the ill-fated Sarasota election has released its report.

One revelation from the study is that the iVotronic touch-screen voting machines are terribly insecure. The machines are apparently susceptible to viruses, and there are many bugs a virus could exploit to gain entry or spread.

More here.

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