Re: 2008: The year of hack the vote?

2007-12-26 Thread dan
Kevin Kretz writes: | [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | > More people use just those three | > than will *ever* vote. | More people under 40, certainly. But in '04 there were 36 million | people over 65, most of whom are eligible to vote. You know a lot of | 70-year old e-gamblers or FaceBook

Re: 2008: The year of hack the vote?

2007-12-26 Thread Kevin Kretz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: More people use just those three than will *ever* vote. More people under 40, certainly. But in '04 there were 36 million people over 65, most of whom are eligible to vote. You know a lot of 70-year old e-gamblers or FaceBook members?

Re: crypto class design

2007-12-26 Thread Alex Alten
At 06:48 PM 12/18/2007 -0800, Arshad Noor wrote: While there are many different ways to approach encryption and decryption of sensitive data, you may want to consider how you plan to manage the encryption keys before you go down this path. This is prudent. You should consider how to "securely"

Re: 2008: The year of hack the vote?

2007-12-26 Thread Arshad Noor
The usual excuse, Dan: ignorance. Those of us who know how companies maintain the security of their systems minimize the use of, or eschew, such sites. We also always ask for an Absentee (paper) ballot in places where electronic voting is the only choice at the polling booth. Arshad Noor Strong

Re: 2008: The year of hack the vote?

2007-12-26 Thread Ed Gerck
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: May I point out that if voting systems have a level of flaw that says only an idiot would use them, then how can you explain electronic commerce, FaceBook, or gambling sites? More people use just those three than will *ever* vote. The answer is NO, and that is so becau

Re: 2008: The year of hack the vote?

2007-12-26 Thread dan
John Denker writes: | | There is every reason to believe that the 2000 presidential | election was stolen. A fair/honest/lawful election would | have made Al Gore the 43rd president. | Let's not do this or we'll have to talk about JF Kennedy who, at least, bought his votes with real money

Re: 2008: The year of hack the vote?

2007-12-26 Thread dan
May I point out that if voting systems have a level of flaw that says only an idiot would use them, then how can you explain electronic commerce, FaceBook, or gambling sites? More people use just those three than will *ever* vote. --dan --

Re: 2008: The year of hack the vote?

2007-12-26 Thread John Denker
On 12/23/2007 08:24 PM, ' =JeffH ' wrote: > 2008: The year of hack the vote? Shouldn't that be: 2008: Another year of hack the vote yet again? ..^^^...^ There is every reason to believe that the 2000 presidential election was stolen. A fair/honest/lawful