I mean, sure, it sounds bad, but are they banned from connecting to the Internet at all? The headline used "wireless modems" but I'm unclear if that means like cellular Internet or just WiFi. If the machines are networked together, even if in a local non-Internet connected wired network, that network already offers a possible intrusion point since by definition you have to allow outsiders physical access to the machines and the area voting is happening in.
The exact architecture varies by state, by my unders
Are they banned from Internet connections? (Score:3)
I mean, sure, it sounds bad, but are they banned from connecting to the Internet at all? The headline used "wireless modems" but I'm unclear if that means like cellular Internet or just WiFi. If the machines are networked together, even if in a local non-Internet connected wired network, that network already offers a possible intrusion point since by definition you have to allow outsiders physical access to the machines and the area voting is happening in.
The exact architecture varies by state, by my unders
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Re:Are they banned from Internet connections? (Score:2)
The dipshits making this stuff can't figure out basic concepts like end-to-end encryption or VPNs.
Because it's well known that malware distributed using encryption isn't malware, and if you distribute malware over a VPN it won't work.
and nobody has ever figured out how to turn off encryption.
(uh, in case that isn't obvious: that was sarcasm).