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Re: Diebold Admits Audit Logs in ALL Versions of Their Software Fail to Record Ballot Deletions
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:38:07 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Abe Singer <abe () oyvay nu> Date: March 19, 2009 10:01:46 PM EDT To: David Farber <dave () farber net>Subject: Re: [IP] Diebold Admits Audit Logs in ALL Versions of Their Software Fail to Record Ballot Deletions
Dave, for IP if you like, Wherefore the certifiers? My comments below should in now way be taken as an attempt to diminish Deibold's culpability.*It seems that the certification process failed miserably, and repeatedly.
But I do not see anywhere in the discussion any outrage at the certification
process and those who perform it (the certifiers). I wonder, how did this product receive certification in the firstplace when this particular flaw violated federal certification standards?
What were the certifiers doing if not testing against the standard? Did they neglect to follow testing procedure, or does the testing procedure itself fail to identify non-compliance? Do the certifiers have any accountability for their failure? The certification process' prima facie purpose serves to validate the vendor's claim of standards compliance. Why do we have these standardsif the vendors can basically ignore them and still receive certification?
-- Abe * I believe the sum of Diebold's mistakes, if not malicious negligence seem at least to indicate gross incompetence, and more than merits the Secretary of State's outrage, along with all voters who have no way of knowing whether their vote got counted. Diebold submittedsystems for certification knowing that they did not comply, and said nothing
when they passed. IANAL, but that smells like fraud and/or deceptive sales practice. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 08:20:18AM -0400, David Farber wrote:
From: Shannon McElyea <shannonm () gmail com> Subject: Diebold Admits Audit Logs in ALL Versions of Their Software Fail to Record Ballot Deletions Subject: Diebold Admits Audit Logs in ALL Versions of Their Software Fail to Record Ballot Deletions http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6995
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