{"id":6923,"date":"2009-02-17T16:17:39","date_gmt":"2009-02-18T00:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=6923"},"modified":"2009-02-17T18:20:14","modified_gmt":"2009-02-18T02:20:14","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-february-17-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6923","title":{"rendered":"‘Daily Voting News’ For February 17, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we have three “Featured”\u009d articles. Regular readers will note that we have been warning about the recent call for Internet voting and the fact that the Internet is not secure for elections use. The first two articles clearly bring this concern to the forefront. If the Internet was secure, the New York Times<\/em> wonders<\/a>, why would scientists be designing a newer, better Internet?<\/p>\n

The second “Featured”\u009d article<\/a> says, “Reported cyber attacks on U.S. government computer networks climbed 40% last year, federal records show, and more infiltrators are trying to plant malicious software they could use to control or steal sensitive data.”\u009d<\/p>\n

If the Internet is so insecure why in the world would any responsible election official even suggest using the it to transmit completed ballots? One has to wonder what is really behind this new Internet voting push. That brings us to the third of our “Featured”\u009d articles<\/a>…<\/p>\n

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