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| From | RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> |
| Subject | Re: Hackers break into voting machines in 90 minutes |
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On 2017-07-31, Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> wrote: > On 2017-07-30, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote: >> http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/344488-hackers-break-into-voting-machines-in-minutes-at-hacking-competition > > This demonstrates the insanity of connecting everything to the internet. > With no internet connection and no easily-accessible ports these would > be a lot harder to hack into. In fact one could make a good case for > bringing back old-school mechanical voting machines. > Man, preach it brother. The convenience of TCP/IP connected machines is totally negated by the risk of fraud. We'll have that tech when we build a smarter and more secure network. I love the Internet, but its inherent flaws are really troublesome.
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Hackers break into voting machines in 90 minutes Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2017-07-30 18:07 +0000
Re: Hackers break into voting machines in 90 minutes Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2017-07-31 14:05 +0000
Re: Hackers break into voting machines in 90 minutes RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2017-08-01 01:32 +0000
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