[IP] Diebold voting machines and old VAX panel doors

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: "Ralph" <rs@his.com>
Subject: Diebold voting machines and old VAX panel doors
Date: 10th October 2006
Time: 11:32:38 am

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• From: Ralph <rs@his.com>
• To: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>
• Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:36:04 -0400

Dear Dr. Dave,

"The access panel door on a Diebold AccuVote-TS voting machine — the door that protects the memory card that stores the votes, and is the main barrier to the injection of a virus — can be opened with a standard key that is widely available on the Internet.

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"Chris’s key was left over from a previous job, maybe fifteen years ago. He said the key had opened either a file cabinet or the access panel on an old VAX computer."

http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1064

Happy voting,
Ralph Sierra

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