Could e-voting machines in Election 2012 be hacked? Yes. (via The Christian Science Monitor)
Rapid advances in the development of cyberweapons and malicious software mean that electronic-voting machines used in the 2012 election could be hacked, potentially tipping the presidential election or a number of other races. Since the machines are not connected to the Internet, any hack would not…
Tom -- On the other hand....
ReplyDeletehttp://www.alternet.org/election-2012/5-reasons-karl-rove-not-going-electronically-steal-election?paging=off
Maybe not?
John, I think that the operative word is "maybe."
ReplyDeleteIn a matter as serious as elections, especially US elections that influence the whole world, there should be no question of election integrity and there should be fail-safe ways to conduct voting and double-check its accuracy and integrity. Questions remains wrt the US voting system. That's a huge problem.
I completely agree. Although the absolute number of votes affected may be tiny (if any), the very idea that such things could happen is indeed a huge problem. A loss of confidence in the voting system would be, I think, a deadly situation.
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