10 ms·
Hacking individual voting machines is possible but not on scale one at a time. Far more likely is hacking at the place where the votes go later, in the end they
by coldcode 10y ago
Hacking individual voting machines is possible but not on scale one at a time. Far more likely is hacking at the place where the votes go later, in the end they are just a few numbers. As Stalin said, it doesn't matter who votes, it matters who counts the votes.
- DennisP 10y agoUnless you deploy a virus that can spread to thousands of voting machines, as researchers demonstrated a few years ago: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/406525/how-to-hack-an-election-in-one-minute/ https://www.technologyreview.com/s/406525/how-to-hack-an-ele...
- Retric 10y agoPeople are spending 10's of $ per vote in some areas, flipping a few per machine would easily be worth it. Just the presidential race can spend up to 40$ per vote, add in senators and local officials and votes are worth quite a bit. Remember some poling places have 10,000+ votes. If you change 500 votes that's both hard to detect and frankly likely to tip many local elections. Now, different people doing this to a few different locations and well it adds up.
- coldcode 10y agoHowever both parties are equally able to do the same thing. So would it make a material difference?
- Retric 10y agoNot all voting systems are easy to compromise or standardized across states. Simply crashing the machines to create long lines is some areas is enough to tip a close election. Sure this might not be a denial of service attack but map long lines with party preferences and well... http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Polling-Problems-New-York-New-Jersey-Connecticut-Vote-Report-Issue-400380091.html http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Polling-Problems-New-Yo...