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Edited on Mon Dec-29-03 10:08 PM by BevHarris
First, the idea that a company who specializes in encryption gets hacked is idiotic. If that's true, they need to step out of the arena for good, because the product they were offering was encryption to "protect" our votes.
Now, what many of you might not know is that the VoteHere source code has been used in entrapment attempts. Specifically, with me, and I documented the entrapment effort at the time. Pure retaliatory crap designed to find a way to get activists to shut up.
Next, it is not surprising they will try to link it to the Diebold files. But that's bullshit, too, and here's why:
The FTP site wasn't hacked, it was sitting there. Look in any user manual and you'll see the address.
The memos weren't hacked either, they were obtained with an employee ID number.
Now, are you ready for this? I've had dealings with both the Diebold memo leaker and this supposed "VoteHere" hacker. The second person is NOT the same as the first, and I won't reveal why I know that for a fact, but I am dead-certain of this.
This "VoteHere" hacker tried to dump the VoteHere source code on me; it was simply dumb; first of all, VoteHere was supposed to be going public with its source code, so who in their right mind would want to steal it. I certainly didn't touch it.
Then this "VoteHere" hacker agreed to a telephone interview with me. He made some claims about who he was, but was unaware that I had additional information from inside sources that would allow me to test the veracity of his claims. The first question I asked was a test question; he put me on "hold" and then came back and offered a lame-ass guess which immediately caused him to fail the ID contest.
I believe this is going to turn into an entrapment scheme. Some activist somewhere is going to get nailed, probably that's already in the works. That's because they were running around offering this honey pot, "hey, I have some stolen VoteHere source code, can I e-mail it to you?" -- unfortunately, some naive soul probably bit on it. I am more worried about some naive activist who didn't say "no" than about a supposed "hacker" of VoteHere getting arrested. That just doesn't pass the smell test.
By the way, I asked the supposed "hacker" directly about how he accessed the files from a cryptography company. His answers were not satisfactory whatsoever, and frankly, I didn't believe him at all. Every time I asked a tough question, he had to put me on hold and run off an consult with someone.
He had a recognizable voice, which I have heard in another, supposedly unrelated phone call, supposedly from a different individual. I will be delighted to tell the police what I suspect.
I'm going on the Mike Webb show at 11 p.m. Pacific to discuss this at more length.
RedEagle: Any info on which of the three have formal ethics complaints lodged against them at this time? 1) Ralph Munro 2) Sam Reed (current Washington Secy' State) 3) David Elliott (Washington State Elections Director)
I'd like the facts on that before going on the air tonight.
Bev Harris
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