On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Holden Hao <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 11:53 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> These jamming devices only works for wireless protocols (eg. GSM GPRS). >> Comelec have the option to use kawasaki protocol to transport signed data to >> the next level :-> > > They work at a the protocol level? And not through signal disruption? > Interesting. > > I am not sure though how the jammers can be used for cheating. What they > can do is to disrupt and delay the counting. One strategy is to keep disrupting the counting process so often and so badly that they'll make it appear that the actual accurate results can't be trusted.
For example, if every, or a large number of kawasaki packet(s) fails verification, and if likewise the machine voting machine is tampered, noisemakers could present the actual machines as being untrustworthy, rather than their disruption being the source of it. Though incredible to some smarter users, this could make the mob trust the voting process less and force a manual count that shows more favorable results. The jammers are only there to prevent instant verification of voting results and force the tampered kawasaki fallback. You would need large-scale jamming efforts to reduce the credibility of the system as a whole, though. Maybe a few thousand jamming machines? > > For the moment, I think the best way to cheat would be to do it at the lower > level of the process. That is, to install a hacked firmware that will > display the results that you want during counting time. And when no one is > looking revert the firmware to the authentic one and then stuff the machines > with the ballots that would reflect the outcome if it is audited. This can Err, doesn't this mean that the results would revert back to the original if audited? > not be done on a wide scale. But this scenario can be applied on a > provincial level. The cheater just needs to have full control of the > territory to do the deed. Another Maguindanao, perhaps? BTW, this scenario > can only play out with some support from Comelec and Smartmatic. > > Any other ideas? > > > > Holden > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- This email is: [ ] actionable [ ] fyi [ ] social Response needed: [ ] yes [ ] up to you [ ] no Time-sensitive: [ ] immediate [ ] soon [ ] none _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
