4 Minutes To Penetrate Voting Machine Security Seals-by Black Box Voting

[kpete]

September 3, 2006 at 09:42:47

Four minutes to penetrate voting machine security seals! Just how secure did you say your elections are?

by Black Box Voting


http://www.opednews.com

A couple of 54-year old women with $12 worth of tools penetrated the memory card seals, removed, replaced the memory card, and sealed it all up again without leaving a trace. The seals do nothing whatever to protect against access by insiders after testing, and the seals also are worthless in jurisdictions where voting machines are sent home with poll workers before the election.

See photos below - a couple of 54-year old women from Black Box Voting bought $12 worth of tools and in four minutes penetrated the memory card seals, removed, replaced the memory card, and sealed it all up again without leaving a trace. This experiment shows that the seals do nothing whatever to protect against access by insiders after testing, and the seals also are worthless in jurisdictions like Washington, Florida, California, and many other locations where voting machines are sent home with poll workers for days before the election.

more plus photos at:
http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_black_bo_060903_four_minutes_to_pene.htm

[skids]

1. Now that there seems to be units on the open market...

...if these folks want to make a PR splash what they need to do is boot Linux and play TuxRacer or another popular Linux game on them. That would lamost guarantee another slashdot article.

[peacetalksforall]

2. The 4 and the word minutes are winners!. People who have not

stopped to read an article on vote theft will be drawn to it with that phrase. I hope this is a solid claim. I think this can take off! Let's hope.

[fed-up]

3. k/r nt