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HBO's 'Kill Chain' doc highlights the flaws in US election machines:
While COVID-19 might be putting just about everything else on hold, we're still marching towards a presidential election later this year. After the high-profile interference of 2016, election security and foreign meddling are still critical issues, but many states still aren't doing enough to ensure the integrity of the process. A documentary premiering tonight on HBO proves a sobering reminder of the fragility of America's voting infrastructure.
While the matter is of grave concern across the country, Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections delves into problems with some specific machines and issues in certain states. For instance, back in 2005, security researcher Harri Hursti (a key figure in the film) demonstrated a memory card exploit that could alter votes on an optical scan voting machine. Those Diebold machines are still in operation in 20 states and are slated for use in November, the filmmakers note.
Elsewhere, a judge banned Georgia from continuing to use the vulnerable systems it had in place for well over a decade. In the wake of the contentious 2018 gubernatorial election, officials had new machines in place for this month's presidential primary. While the replacements can print paper ballots, which are important for proper vote auditing, they're still very much vulnerable as they run on Windows 7 -- for which Microsoft recently ended support.
We also hear from an Indian hacker who says he was able to gain full access to Alaska's system, including live voting data, during the 2016 presidential election. He claims he'd have been able to remove a candidate from the ballot or change any vote, but decided not to for fear of triggering some kind of alarm.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday March 29 2020, @04:29PM
Has it occurred to you yet that your God runs an eternal, celestial North Korea ("Heaven") and an eternal, *inescapable* set of concentration/death camps ("Hell" as Christians and Muslims commonly believe it) yet?
In case I need to spell this out for you: the being you worship as God is Literally Infinite Hitler (TM). Haven't you ever wondered if 1) the "rebellion in Heaven" might have had a good cause, 2) why such a thing would even have been contemplated if your God actually *were* omniscient/omnipotent/etc., 3) whether you've been told everything and told it accurately, and 4) whether something like that might have happened more than once? If your God-figure were truly all-good, all-powerful, and all-knowing, he wouldn't be upset with the idea or have to fight a war (as per Revelation and so on) by definition.
You may be very unpleasantly surprised after your own death...
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...