Princeton University Exposes Diebold Flaws

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Main Findings The main findings of our study are:

1. Malicious software running on a single voting machine can steal votes with little if any risk of detection. The malicious software can modify all of the records, audit logs, and counters kept by the voting machine, so that even careful forensic examination of these records will find nothing amiss. We have constructed demonstration software that carries out this vote-stealing attack.

2. Anyone who has physical access to a voting machine, or to a memory card that will later be inserted into a machine, can install said malicious software using a simple method that takes as little as one minute. In practice, poll workers and others often have unsupervised access to the machines.

3. AccuVote-TS machines are susceptible to voting-machine viruse! s - computer viruses that can spread malicious software automatically and invisibly from machine to machine during normal pre- ! and post-election activity. We have constructed a demonstration virus that spreads in this way, installing our demonstration vote-stealing program on every machine it infects.

4. While some of these problems can be eliminated by improving Diebold's software, others cannot be remedied without replacing the machines' hardware. Changes to election procedures would also be required to ensure security.

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Uploaded: September 13, 2006 at 8:54 pm
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helderheidgeloof (September 15, 2006 at 10:38 pm)
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IvanAdventure (September 15, 2006 at 9:10 pm)
a) didn't you watch the vid? and
b) open scrutiny would avoid all this shit - why not open up the scrutiny unless there's something to hide.
Can't change history, but can learn and make things better for the future.
picassolama (September 15, 2006 at 6:43 pm)
I can't believe people turn this into a partisan issue...it's not. Doesn't matter who steals votes, democrats or republicans...it's stealing the republic of -elected- representatives. Voting should be guarded, and held in high regard by all democratic societies. This comprehensive study uncovers a dire flaw with computer voting machines. Wake up people.
helderheidgeloof (September 15, 2006 at 6:45 pm)
Thank you. Well said.
zaccookie (September 15, 2006 at 7:00 pm)
2nd
helderheidgeloof (September 15, 2006 at 6:25 pm)
I didn't post this video to debate past elections. I posted this video because it proves that these machines are vulnerable and THE MOST important thing about a Democracy is your vote. Corporations have privatized our elections. Any American who isn't concerned no matter WHAT your political affiliation, is a traitor to their country.
Pehmolelu87 (September 15, 2006 at 6:09 pm)
This is the reason why the vote should be done with Pen and paper :P
billydanielus (September 15, 2006 at 5:03 pm)
what the fuck do we do?
lazynutz (September 15, 2006 at 4:37 pm)
This is a group of scientists, not criminal investigators. They did a great job of outlining how the system can be corrupted.
chinter (September 15, 2006 at 2:33 pm)
who cares if you're republican or democrat! EVERYONE should be against these machines in particular, and should be FOR a machine that is more transparent in ita manufacture and development, AND has publicly visible failsafes.... (for example, per-voter printed receipts) not any obvious hacks like the one shown in the video.