Voting machine security

[mheyman at gmail.com]

On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 11:57 AM, John Ioannidis <ji at tla.org> wrote:
> This just about sums it up: http://xkcd.com/463/
>
Only slightly better then suggested by the comic. McAfee anti-virus
software was on the servers, not the DRE voting machines themselves.

>From <http://www.middletownjournal.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/08/06/ddn080608votingweb.html>

  Premier spokesman Chris Riggall had not seen the
  counterclaim [breach-of-contract lawsuit counterclaim
  filed by the Ohio Secretary of State] and declined
  comment on it. But he blamed the vote tabulation
  problems on McAfee anti-virus software on computer
  servers.

-Michael Heyman

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