E-Mail Voting Comes With Risks
Published Wed, Nov 1 2006 9:02 AM
Technorati Tags: Computers and Internet, News and Politics
Oh Lord Please -- Don't let the State of Washington, or King County hear about this... They're already trying to force "vote by mail" down our throats... If they read that last paragraph King County will want to make "vote by e-mail" mandatory.
This year, thousands of soldiers around the world have the opportunity to vote in the Nov. 7 elections by e-mail. It's part of a Pentagon effort to make it easier for overseas military personnel to cast ballots in federal and state elections, and it reflects how the Internet has changed life in the combat zone.
But computer security experts inside and outside the government warned that the Pentagon's Federal Voting Assistance Program ignores the risks associated with unencrypted e-mail: interception, hacking and identity theft.
"E-mail traffic can flow through equipment owned and operated by various governments, companies and individuals in many countries," Joel Rothschild, a Navy Reserve captain, said in an August report prepared for the Pentagon. "It is easily monitored, blocked and subject to tampering."
Source: E-Mail Voting Comes With Risks - washingtonpost.com
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