[nycbug-talk] Schneier's doghouse

[G. Rosamond]

This is from the security guru Bruce Schneier. . .his Doghouse of the 
month refers to various security-related idiocies he finds.  . . .

<quote>

Doghouse: Merced County

Merced County is in California, and they explained why they chose 
electronic voting machines Election Systems & Software (ES&S). There 
are a bunch of vague selection criteria, but this one is quite 
explicit: "Uses 1,064 bit encryption, not 128 which is less secure."

I am simply too appalled to comment further.

http://web.co.merced.ca.us/elections/touchvote.html

</quote>

  (although i don't see this comment on that page)

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