Comments on: Bagong Botante: Automated 2010 Elections are Safe! http://technogra.ph/2009/11/16/bagong-botante-automated-2010-elections-are-safe/ Pinoy Tech, Filipino Tech, Technology in the Philippines Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:27:22 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Rico http://technogra.ph/2009/11/16/bagong-botante-automated-2010-elections-are-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-17730 Rico Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:24:36 +0000 http://technogra.ph/?p=7050#comment-17730 Well there's always the human factor... and yeah, no matter how secure the encryption (AES encryption is secure enough for use in banks), if anyone gets a guy on the inside, it's game over... hopefully there are also security precautions for human factors. Well there’s always the human factor… and yeah, no matter how secure the encryption (AES encryption is secure enough for use in banks), if anyone gets a guy on the inside, it’s game over… hopefully there are also security precautions for human factors.

]]> By: melvin http://technogra.ph/2009/11/16/bagong-botante-automated-2010-elections-are-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-17723 melvin Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:23:24 +0000 http://technogra.ph/?p=7050#comment-17723 I hope we can automate the elections. But no matter what Comelec does, we cannot have 100% automated elections. Why? Because the telcos only cover about 70% of the archipelago. I'm also sure that the transmission of the vote data will be impossible to intercept and decrypt. But that's not the problem. The firmware for the machine is loaded via usb and is not hard-wired for absolute security. The enterprising politician then will just need to hire a tech who can write code that will automatically change the vote data in favor of the politician. I hope we can automate the elections. But no matter what Comelec does, we cannot have 100% automated elections. Why? Because the telcos only cover about 70% of the archipelago.

I’m also sure that the transmission of the vote data will be impossible to intercept and decrypt. But that’s not the problem. The firmware for the machine is loaded via usb and is not hard-wired for absolute security. The enterprising politician then will just need to hire a tech who can write code that will automatically change the vote data in favor of the politician.

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