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Re: 2008: The year of hack the vote?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Arshad Noor)
Wed Dec 26 16:54:17 2007

Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 10:02:21 -0800
From: Arshad Noor <arshad.noor@strongauth.com>
To:  dan@geer.org
CC:  cryptography@metzdowd.com
In-Reply-To: <20071226145423.6770633C63@absinthe.tinho.net>

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
StrongAuth, Inc.

dan@geer.org 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.
> 
> --dan

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