Re: Tempest Security; Voting-Machine Makers To Fight Security Criticism

[Ralph Shnelvar <ralphs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear All:

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:01:46 -0800 (PST), you wrote:

>Paul,
> 
>Other arguments aside, I agree with your comment below.
>Current deployments point to this being the easy and effective way to alter votes,
>in my opinion.

I would tend to agree that the threat of a 100 or 1000 terrorists running
around the country with backpack-sized 16 Megawatt HERF guns on election day
could throw this country into a real tizzy.

So whether it is snooping or the vulnerability of the touchscreen machines
to EMPs, these machines pose a real problem.

Both of these things - snooping and the destruction of machines by EMP -
should be discussed.

Boy, paper and pencil just keep looking better and better.


> 
>-Christian

Ralph Shnelvar

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>Paul Tiger <tigerp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>"Data destruction is what I would be concerned with, not snooping."
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>"If the DRE data is destroyed there is no recourse. We can't get it back, we
>can't reconstruct it. we are screwed."
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