Voting machine expert criticizes "clueless" industry report

An organization that represents the most prominent electronic voting machine vendors has published a study that contends that mandatory code disclosure would undermine the security of commercial voting machines. A voting machine security expert has responded and explains why the vendors' rhetoric is wrong.

The Election Technology Council (ETC), a trade group comprised of the most prominent electronic voting machine vendors, has published a paper that argues against mandating source disclosure for electronic voting machine systems. The paper (PDF), which broadly conflates source disclosure and open source software licensing, dubiously contends that enabling public scrutiny of voting technology would lead to compromised security. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Mike LaBonte - Apr 21, 2009 - 11:17 AM PDT
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Edited by: Mike LaBonte - Apr 21, 2009 - 11:17 AM PDT

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by Mike LaBonte - Apr. 21, 2009

The author's bias is clear, but he does give the links to documents representing both sides.

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