This will be the reason when the Democrats lose. Ed tipped their hand. --- john harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gee Ed, get with it. That reports been out for at > least a month! > > John Harvey > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Ed Leafe > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 6:05 PM > To: ProFox Mailing List > Subject: [OT] Diebold voting machines > > ...can be opened with a hotel mini-bar key! > > <http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1064> > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - - - - - - - - - > The access panel door on a Diebold AccuVote-TS > voting machine - the > door that protects the memory card that stores the > votes, and is the > main barrier to the injection of a virus - can be > opened with a > standard key that is widely available on the > Internet. > > On Wednesday we did a live demo for our Princeton > Computer Science > colleagues of the vote-stealing software described > in our paper and > video. Afterward, Chris Tengi, a technical staff > member, asked to > look at the key that came with the voting machine. > He noticed an > alphanumeric code printed on the key, and remarked > that he had a key > at home with the same code on it. The next day he > brought in his key > and sure enough it opened the voting machine. > > This seemed like a freakish coincidence - until we > learned how common > these keys are. > > Chris's key was left over from a previous job, maybe > fifteen years > ago. He said the key had opened either a file > cabinet or the access > panel on an old VAX computer. A little research > revealed that the > exact same key is used widely in office furniture, > electronic > equipment, jukeboxes, and hotel minibars. It's a > standard part, and > like most standard parts it's easily purchased on > the Internet. We > bought several keys from an office furniture key > shop - they open the > voting machine too. We ordered another key on eBay > from a jukebox > supply shop. The keys can be purchased from many > online merchants. > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - - - - - - - - - > > > -- Ed Leafe > -- http://leafe.com > -- http://dabodev.com > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
