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Internet Voting in Puerto Rico

Posted on By infossl
aclu, authentication, cybersecurity, internet, secrecy, Security technology, voting

Puerto Rico is considered allowing for Internet voting. I have joined a group of security experts in a letter opposing the bill. Cybersecurity experts agree that under current technology, no practically proven method exists to securely, verifiably, or privately return voted materials over the internet. That means that votes could be manipulated or deleted on … Read More “Internet Voting in Puerto Rico” »

Voatz Internet Voting App Is Insecure

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academicpapers, android, blockchain, Security technology, voting, vulnerabilities

This paper describes the flaws in the Voatz Internet voting app: “The Ballot is Busted Before the Blockchain: A Security Analysis of Voatz, the First Internet Voting Application Used in U.S. Federal Elections.” Abstract: In the 2018 midterm elections, West Virginia became the first state in the U.S. to allow select voters to cast their … Read More “Voatz Internet Voting App Is Insecure” »

Smartphone Election in Washington State

Posted on By infossl
auditing, authentication, Security technology, smartphones, voting

This year: King County voters will be able to use their name and birthdate to log in to a Web portal through the Internet browser on their phones, says Bryan Finney, the CEO of Democracy Live, the Seattle-based voting company providing the technology. Once voters have completed their ballots, they must verify their submissions and … Read More “Smartphone Election in Washington State” »

Artificial Personas and Public Discourse

Posted on By infossl
algorithms, artificialintelligence, botnets, deepfake, disinformation, essays, propaganda, Security technology, socialengineering, socialmedia, voting

Presidential campaign season is officially, officially, upon us now, which means it’s time to confront the weird and insidious ways in which technology is warping politics. One of the biggest threats on the horizon: artificial personas are coming, and they’re poised to take over political debate. The risk arises from two separate threads coming together: … Read More “Artificial Personas and Public Discourse” »

Election Machine Insecurity Story

Posted on By infossl
cybersecurity, Security technology, voting, vulnerabilities

Interesting story of a flawed computer voting machine and a paper ballot available for recount. All ended well, but only because of that paper backup. Vote totals in a Northampton County judge’s race showed one candidate, Abe Kassis, a Democrat, had just 164 votes out of 55,000 ballots across more than 100 precincts. Some machines … Read More “Election Machine Insecurity Story” »

How Political Campaigns Use Personal Data

Posted on By infossl
datacollection, datamining, disinformation, Security technology, voting

Really interesting report from Tactical Tech. Data-driven technologies are an inevitable feature of modern political campaigning. Some argue that they are a welcome addition to politics as normal and a necessary and modern approach to democratic processes; others say that they are corrosive and diminish trust in already flawed political systems. The use of these … Read More “How Political Campaigns Use Personal Data” »

DARPA Is Developing an Open-Source Voting System

Posted on By infossl
darpa, hardware, opensource, Security technology, voting

This sounds like a good development: …a new $10 million contract the Defense Department’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched to design and build a secure voting system that it hopes will be impervious to hacking. The first-of-its-kind system will be designed by an Oregon-based firm called Galois, a longtime government contractor with … Read More “DARPA Is Developing an Open-Source Voting System” »

Propaganda and the Weakening of Trust in Government

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academicpapers, disinformation, essays, fraud, propaganda, Security technology, trust, voting

On November 4, 2016, the hacker “Guccifer 2.0,: a front for Russia’s military intelligence service, claimed in a blogpost that the Democrats were likely to use vulnerabilities to hack the presidential elections. On November 9, 2018, President Donald Trump started tweeting about the senatorial elections in Florida and Arizona. Without any evidence whatsoever, he said … Read More “Propaganda and the Weakening of Trust in Government” »