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US-VOTE-IT-COMPUTER-SECURITY-CRIME
TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Rob Lever, US-vote-IT-computer-security-crime
A woman reads information on the Verified Voting Federation website on October 20, 2010 in Washington,DC. New technologies allowing voters to cast ballots via the Internet or other electronic means are catching on in the United States and elsewhere even as fears mount about security of the systems. A total of 33 US states are allowing some kind of email, fax or online ballots in 2010, according to the Verified Voting Foundation, a group focused on security of election systems. These systems, which are also used in several other countries, can potentially increase voter participation, but security remains a question mark, especially following one spectacular attack on an Internet vote pilot project. The most startling security breach came in September, when a pilot Internet vote system for the city of Washington, DC, was put online for a test. A team of computer scientists from the University of Michigan had little trouble infiltrating the system, modifying ballots, changing the password and directing the system to play the university fight song. AFP PHOTO/Karen BLEIER
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Washington, District of Columbia, UNITED STATES |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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KAREN BLEIER |
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24 Octombrie 2010 |
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4036 x 2276 (1.15 MB) |
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