Ask HN: Can the NSA influence electronic voting?

[wavesounds]

With the revelations about backdoors in encryption algorithms can the NSA change or modify votes by electronic voting systems in the US or around the world?

[mschuster91]

You don't even need crypto knowledge to do that - most e-voting systems are susceptible to far easier attacks.

[erichurkman → mschuster91]

Like Diebold posting photos of the master key on their website? [1]

[1] http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4066#more-4066

[mschuster91 → erichurkman]

ROTFL. Sh..t, that is just dead stupid!

[a3n]

Of course they can. All they need to do is intercept computer deliveries to the voting machine manufacturers.

Do they? Even today, I still hope not. Still, if we've thought of it, they're way ahead of us. They may have even put mechanisms in place. Proof of concept.

Any NSA employees care to comment?

[cklaus]

Of course they technically can. Most voting systems have major security flaws.

[salient]

Quite easily, too, I'm sure.