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The Washington Times Expert: Electronic vote can be hacked West Layfayette, IN, Sep. 13 (UPI) -- A Purdue University computer scientist says electronic polling machines could result in unprecedented miscounts and vote fraud in the fall election. Eugene Spafford, a computer security expert and member of the president's Information Technology Advisory Committee, says it is easy to hack some Direct Recording Electronic polling machines to change the tally, and votes could be lost or stolen. "The software used in these machines has generally not been developed with sufficient rigor to keep returns accurate, and the testing and auditing of DREs is inadequate," says Spafford, professor of computer science and director of Purdue's Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security. Spafford says up to 40 percent of all votes this fall will be cast electronically. "Currently, the potential danger from fraud, abuse and failure is unacceptably high," he said. "DRE type machines do not have independent audit trails. In other words, if there is question on a vote, there is no real way to recount the ballots." --- Fonte: http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040913-060329-3025r.htm - c.a.t. www.iis.com.br/~cat �timo dia pra voc�. <*> Para assinar a lista onde se comenta: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Para enviar um coment�rio: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goldenlist/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
