Diebold Voting Machines are still insecure

For the Australian's that don't know, Diebold make an electronic voting machine that is used across the USA to count elections. If we are *really* lucky, here in the ACT, we will get them soon as well, as we know that Electronic Voting is the only way to go (tm)..

There are unfortunately a couple of *minor* problems, most of them are too technical for non-technical readers to understand, but one problem that has just surfaced is that the locking mechanism that is used on the machine to keep it closed uses *exactly* the same key as come computers, and vending machines. Even the same key number. One researcher remembered seeing a key just like it in a previous job, and sure enough, it was the same.

It turns out that these keys are extremely common!!!!

Here is the Article

All I hope is that when the Australian Government decides to rattle down the Diebold voting path, that they employ some people with a clue to perform the security analysis of the solution. Until then, stick to the good old Pencil and Paper!

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