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Jim Cook Doubts Americans Elect or Anyone Else Can Create a Secure Internet Election

Posted on July 25, 2011 by admin

Jim Cook has this article at Irregular Times, expressing doubt that Americans Elect, or any other institution or group, is capable of running an Internet election that is secure from hackers.

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Brad M on July 25, 2011 at 8:05 am said:

The former top tech guy at Etrade is running the technology for AE’s planned internet voting. So if he can’t do it then does that mean that there isn’t safety anywhere in his former company’s trades?

Question:
Is there anywhere site/system in the internet that is 100% unhackable?
Libertarian Voter on July 25, 2011 at 9:16 am said:

Well duh. It is practically impossible to create an internet election that is completely unhackable.
Mike on July 25, 2011 at 10:07 am said:

India used internet voting this year with over 75% participation. I have not heard of any problems with the voting process or the audit after.
Demo Rep on July 25, 2011 at 10:10 am said:

ANY military stuff going over the internet ??? — noting that the internet was created in major part as a military system in case of nuke attacks.

How many code bits at the moment ??? – 1024, 2048, etc. — way past the old 8, 16, 32, etc. bits
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Baronscarpia on July 25, 2011 at 11:20 am said:

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Excellent question. Maybe we can give to Norton or McAfee the responsibility for assuring clean elections. I’m sure the annual renewal rates wouldn’t be too bad.
Rick on July 25, 2011 at 11:29 am said:

Considering Arno has already crompromised the personal information of every voter in CA when he put the file online in the name of Ameriocans Elect, I feel compelled to ask,”How concerned about security are they?”
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Jim Cook on July 25, 2011 at 4:16 pm said:

Thanks for the note, Richard. I don’t really “Doubt Americans Elect or Anyone Else Can Create a Secure Internet Election.” That’s a bit too strong. I think it might be possible, but given a history of troubles with it and the high stakes of electing the most powerful person on the planet, we certainly should be skeptical and ask for some kind of believable assurance, like a really independent audit or a test run open to hackers like DC did.

Rick, when and where did Arno (dad or son?) put the California signature file online? I wasn’t aware of that.
Rick on July 25, 2011 at 9:59 pm said:

When they first released the petition, they put the voter file up with no password required. This came to the attention of the Secretary of State. The investigators queried the names of celeberties and politicians, saving screen shots for evidence before ordering him to secure it immediately. Apparantly, there are passwords floating around the industry, however the penalty for illegal access of that file is fifty cents per record. That might not sound like much, but it also creates a rebuable presumption that the offending party has misused all 16+ million.
Bob Roth on July 26, 2011 at 4:48 am said:

And all of our other methods of voting are completely foolproof and deliver great participation? We can buy airline tickets, move money from bank to bank, and so much more online–let’s not fear change delivered by technology.
Macs on July 30, 2011 at 1:41 pm said:

nice! i like it even though some things have nothing to do with. To tell the truth i m amazed what you can find around the net with some patience and free time. Thank you for your great work and the support you bring to the community. 🙂