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Teller machines
Teller machines
Posted Aug 9, 2007 7:41 UTC (Thu) by tnoo (subscriber, #20427)Parent article: Securing our votes
ATMs (Automatic Teller Machines, Bancomat) have all the needed technology
and are often manufactured by the same companies (e.g. Diebold).
Everybody seems to be happy with them, from a usability point of view,
and they can easily cope with a huge amount of secure transactions,
including audit trail and receipt.
So what's wrong with the voting machines?
tnoo
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Teller machines
Posted Aug 9, 2007 15:40 UTC (Thu) by Baylink (subscriber, #755) [Link]
It's much more difficult to collect on a mass-subversion of ATMs, and much lower in leverage regarding what you get.
Stealing elections is much more worthwhile.