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Major flaw in State of Pennsylvania online voter registration puts user data at risk

Major flaw in State of Pennsylvania online voter registration puts user data at riskCommonThis is a common phenomenon, happens to MS-only shops.You get a 'developer' who only knows Microsoft technology. (aka: Softie). Since Microsoft stresses ease of use (they don't do complexity well), you get the point and click 'developer'...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., ASPX, online voter registration, voter registration, MAJOR Flaw

Discussion threads 2008-03-19

Major flaw in State of Pennsylvania online voter registration puts user data at risk

Update: Microsoft is NOT at fault for this! There seems to be some confusion within the talkbacks on this subject about this being Microsoft's fault, and also some strange claims that development shops who do only .NET programming are more likely to program insecurely. This is just, in fact,...

Tags: Google Inc., Pennsylvania, Detail, Application Security, Flaw, Voter Registration, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-03-18

Drones over Los Angeles

Drones over Los Angelesprison planetThe neo-cons are taking over. They staged the biggest terrorists attack in history. They listen in patriot act, they lie, they steal, and now they will watch from the sky like birds of the NEW WORLD ORDER!!drone safariHey these things will be more fun...

Tags: neo-con, Drone, voter registration

Discussion threads 2006-06-18

IT's role in improving elections

Former President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James Baker released the final version of a bipartisan election reform report today. The two led a 21-member, privately funded Commission that offered 87 recommendations to strengthen the country's electoral system and build confidence in the political process. Of the...

Tags: voter registration

Blog posts 2005-09-20

Additional Resources

Will e-voting machines tilt the election?

Will e-voting machines tilt the election?RE: Will e-voting machines tilt the election?First the reported problems are far more widespread than Tennessee and West Virginia. The e-voting systems are being reported as having the similar issues nationwide and even with different manufactures.See http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6616The behavior being reported is hardly the type of...

Tags: Keyboards, e-voting system, e-voting, e-voting machine, touch screen

Discussion threads 2008-11-03

My fantasy: Robocall, meet Do Not Call Registry

My fantasy: Robocall, meet Do Not Call RegistryRobo call registryIt is too bad that politicians continue to exempt themselves from Do Not Call law.StopPoliticalCalls.org is fighting for the privacy of the American voter.1 - Creating a Political Do Not Call Registry 2 - Testifying in the US Senate about robo...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, HERE IS, Do-Not-Call, Do-Not-Call Registry, fantasy, Robocall Privacy Act, phone

Discussion threads 2008-11-03

Hacking the vote

Hacking the voteYou'd think soBut lots of very smart people have spent lots of time not solving it.i think your server idea is right except that programmable clients make it possible to attack the server data store - something that can't be done with Sun Rays.Downside to having people pick...

Tags: Scanners, E-voting, SECURITY, VOTING MACHINES, ballot, hacking, programmer, server

Discussion threads 2008-11-03

Judge orders Palin to preserve Yahoo emails

Judge orders Palin to preserve Yahoo emailsAnother Fishing Expedition ....... funded by the taxpayer and brought about by partisan politics. I suspect the rumors and the interest will subside shortly after the election.RE: Judge orders Palin to preserve Yahoo emailsIf there was anything criminal in those messages, the Dems...

Tags: Palin, Yahoo! Inc., e-mail, Yahoo Email

Discussion threads 2008-10-14

X-Box (and Cell Phone) Nation: Election Rests In Digital Hands

The Democratic convention gets started tonight and in the constant quest for the unconventional technological means of getting out the youth vote, the X-Box is today’s “in” device. By itself, this may not be a big deal. There are about 12 million X-Box members around...

Tags: Presidential Election, Phone, Election, Cell Phone, X-Box, Democratic Convention, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-08-25

Washington State Saves Millions of Dollars Creating Its Voter Registration Database

Washington State, along with the other states in the country, had to create a centralized Voter Registration Database after the U.S. Congress passed the Help America Vote Act HAVA. HAVA required every state to replace local voter registration data stores serving individual counties with a single, centralized database administered by...

Tags: Help America Vote Act, Database, Microsoft Corp.

Case studies 2008-08-01

Is IT abuse a threat to democracy?

Here's a bit from a Washington Post report dated Dec 22/07 and headlined "FBI Prepares Vast Database Of Biometrics": CLARKSBURG, W. Va. -- The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion effort to build the world's largest computer database of peoples' physical characteristics, a project that would...

Tags: Database, Information Technology, FBI, Ballot, Catalist, Federal Government, Government, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-04-17

News to know: Vista SP1; OS X patches; Apple; Veodia; Enterprise software lies

Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Want Vista SP1? Here’s how to get it now. Gallery right. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Should I install SP1? Mary Jo Foley: Some of the finer points on Windows Vista SP1 availability Vista SP1 available for download; Retail availability a...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Mobile, Enterprise Software, Movie, Patch Management, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Sales Strategy, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sales, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Blog posts 2008-03-19

Montreal Elects Check Point VPN for Secure Voter Registration

While designed to reduce city deficits, balance budgets, and provide more equity in the delivery of services, this and other forced municipal mergers throughout the province were so unpopular that Quebec voters elected the opposition party to power in 2002, largely on its promise to allow referendums on reversing the...

Tags: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Referendum, Montreal, Mergers & Acquisitions, VPNs, Government, Network Security, Telecommunications, Networking, Security, Investment, Finance

Case studies 2008-03-13

Voter Alert Line Provides NBC News With Groundbreaking Solution for 2004 Election Coverage

The 2000 U.S. presidential election was marked by controversies, recounts and allegations of voting irregularities. Responding to those events, and to the dramatic increase in voter registration for the 2004 presidential race, NBC News did something no other news organization had ever attempted. But to meet the unique demands of...

Tags: Intervoice, NBC Universal Inc.

Case studies 2007-10-12

Instituto Electoral del Estado de Guanajuato Ensures Compliance and Transparency in Electoral Processes

Instituto Electoral del Estado de Guanajuato IEEG manages representative, governor and municipal elections in the 46 municipalities in Guanajuato. The organization wanted to guarantee reliability and precision in electoral results and candidate registration. The challenge was to integrate a constant flow of information during elections in 800 locations throughout Guanajuato....

Tags: Oracle Corp., Compliance, Portals, Application Servers, Internet, Web Technology, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Case studies 2007-08-01

Canada, Mexico travel cards under privacy attack

Canada, Mexico travel cards under privacy attackRID and CheckoutMy grocery clerk told me that eventually I would be able to pass my basket over the counter and everything in the basket would be itemize and tabulated. It was a reason she was retiring. But I can not wait. I want...

Tags: U.S. Government, RFID, card

Discussion threads 2007-04-23

Motor vehicles system failure just the latest in string of CO snafus

Colorados new, $13.2 million motor vehicles computer system isnt looking so snazzy now that residents are finding their cars improperly impounded. Officials have shut down the system as they try to fix the bug, The Denver Post reports. "When we start to hear from folks that their...

Tags: State &, Local Govt, IT Management, Government technology

Blog posts 2007-04-04

E-voting a fiasco?

Jon Stokes has a post-mortem of the election day e-voting problems, and though you wont read much about the problems - or see them - in the national media, Stokes writes, they were myriad. Its not anecdotal - Common Cause logged 16,000 calls on their hotline. Proof that mechanical...

Tags: Jon Stokes, e-voting

Blog posts 2006-11-14

E-voting

Pkstephens, a regular talkback contributor who writes some very insightful stuff, responded to my earlier comments on evoting with a number of queries and, ultimately, a long discussion I thought made a compelling argument. Here it is in its entirety: Im not necessarily disputing...

Tags: e-voting, essentials

Blog posts 2006-11-14

Denver suffering glitches, long lines, frustrated voters

In Denver, voters are experiencing major backups in voting due to computer glitches and an inadequate number of laptops to check voter registration. Democrats had asked a judge to extend polling hours in the citys voting centers, but she declined, saying she doesnt have authority to do so, The Rocky...

Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Elections

Blog posts 2006-11-07