Diebold Doesn't Understand the Security Threat

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Diebold Doesn't Understand the Security Threat

 

 

 

This quote sums up nicely why Diebold should not be trusted to secure

election machines:

 

" David Bear, a spokesman for Diebold Election Systems, said the

potential risk existed because the company's technicians had

intentionally built the machines in such a way that election officials

would be able to update their systems in years ahead.

 

" 'For there to be a problem here, you're basically assuming a premise

where you have some evil and nefarious election officials who would

sneak in and introduce a piece of software,' he said. 'I don't believe

these evil elections people exist.' "

 

If you can't get the threat model right, you can't hope to secure the system.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/12/us/12vote.html?ex=1305086400 & en=5b3554a76aad52\

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