20100829 Indische Wahlmaschinen fälschbar

Indischer Wissenschaftler in Polzeigewahrsam nach Untersuchung elektronischer Wahlmaschinen

Hari Prasad, ein indischer Wissenschaftler wurde nach Veröffentlichungen über Sicherheitslücken in elektronischen Wahlmaschinen verhaftet. Ihm wird vorgeworfen, sich die Wahlmaschine aus einem öffentlichen Gebäude verschafft zu haben, ohne dass es dafür einen Beweis gibt.

"Hari’s arrest has provoked explosive debate in India, not only about the arrest's apparent political motives, but also about much broader questions our study raised over the security and transparency of India's voting system. In the midst of this emotionally charged debate, I think it would be helpful to reiterate what our study does and does notreveal.

What the study I coauthored with Hari Prasad shows is essentially two things:

First, far from being "tamperproof," India's EVMs are vulnerable to most of the same security problems as the paper ballots they replaced—including an electronic form of booth capturing. Any time during or after the election, dishonest election insiders or other criminals with physical access to the machines can alter the votes stored inside.

Second, unlike the old paper ballot boxes, the EVMs can be tampered with long before elections take place to cause fraudulent results in the future. In other words, a dishonest insider or other criminal could manipulate an EVM today and have it steal votes months or years from now. You can't do that with a ballot box."

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