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IGetPwnedOftenDell Cameron
11/09/17 1:58pm
As someone who spent many years working in IT security at the highest levels, I can safely assure you I read this whole thing with this expression on my face...
Having said that, in a way I’m not surprised. Many big government projects have a tendency to overlook security if it isn’t the prime requisite of said project.
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  The Real UnsharerIGetPwnedOften
  11/09/17 3:22pm
  They didn’t even use SFTP WITH A CERT FROM A PUBLIC CA?!?!?!?!?!
  I... I don’t even have words for how absolutely rubbish this infrastructure is. It’s almost as bad as Guiliani Security’s public-facing website was (secured using an expired cert not issued to them). Wonder if Kobach hired Guilani Security to secure their systems...
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  Sorely VexedIGetPwnedOften
  11/09/17 4:46pm
  Security through Absurdity.
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The Ghost of James Madison's Rage BonerDell Cameron
11/09/17 1:13pm
So, I guess it’s safe to assume the Russians have all this data now?
That’s if Kobach’s staff didn’t just email it to them directly, I suppose.
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  GromgerererThe Ghost of James Madison's Rage Boner
  11/09/17 1:20pm
  Why would you risk exposing your program as the Russians, when it takes a few hours of work to have secret, deniable access that doesn’t rely on the ability of the Trump administration to keep its mouth shut?
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  Mondo-CarnieThe Ghost of James Madison's Rage Boner
  11/09/17 1:32pm
  Probably. Although we shouldn’t have to worry too much about the Russian’s copy.
  Russia’s cyber-war strategy has always been maximize disruption and unrest in the U.S. The Voter-Suppression commission will do more damage to American’s faith in its institutions if it works exactly like it’s intended to, rather than if it were compromised. I wouldn’t be surprised if one or two good Samaritans with Slavic-sounding accents haven’t already contacted Kobach and tried to get him to patch easy vulnerabilities.
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buffalo319Dell Cameron
11/09/17 4:10pm
The Republicans are going to prove voter fraud even if they have to do it themselves.
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  Apocalypse Cowbuffalo319
  11/09/17 4:27pm
  The Republicans are going to prove voter fraud even if they have to do it themselves.
  Just like they’ve tried to prove government doesn’t work by actively driving it into a ditch every time they can ...
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  CSX321Apocalypse Cow
  11/09/17 4:47pm
  “Republicans are the party that says government doesn’t work, and then they get elected and prove it.” - P.J. O’Rourke
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missbikeDell Cameron
11/09/17 4:52pm
Crosscheck isn’t about duplicate registrations, it’s about purging poor, black, or Hispanic voters from the polls. It uses a postcard verification system to “check on” current addresses, but who send those back? So people Kobach and the RNC considers undesirable (likely to vote Democrat) get removed from poll lists. This is what this comission is all about - voter suppression.
When we look at the sketchy happenings in Republican controlled swing states last November, and the strange swings in vote totals on certain races, it’s pretty stinky. My mind immediately jumps to, well of course the security sucks, it’s so Vlads guys can get in easily and wreak havoc at the state level. Yeah, I know, but then again...
State level election returns need a hard look, and until that happens I assume the worst. Virginia just had a huge rout of Republicans - after a return to paper ballots and offline scanning machines. I can’t even begin to trust that Kobach isn’t up to worse stuff than Crosscheck now that he has the Administration backing his horrible behavior.
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  techmaster5000missbike
  11/09/17 6:41pm
  This
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  Kirkaiyamissbike
  11/09/17 9:18pm
  Fortunately, neither Kobach (nor any other fed) can remove voters from voter rolls, as those are maintained by the states. Which isn’t to say that GOP-controlled states won’t take the findings of his pseudo-commission and use them to purge the rolls in their states. They already do this to minorities in states like Florida, which is how we got Bush in 2000.
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ArtistAtLargeDell Cameron
11/09/17 3:17pm
Rainbow table and done.
But as other comments have pointed out this is deliberate. There is also the second problem that this is a not so subtle attempt by the GOP to take voting control from the states. You know, the very states they say should have more power and smaller federal gubmint interference.
But hey, fascist Nazis gonna fascist Nazi.
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  clickSuckaArtistAtLarge
  11/10/17 8:49am
  Rainbow tables....so 90ies...oh, wait....fuck
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Andrew DaisukeDell Cameron
11/09/17 1:25pm
Kansas Secretary of State, Kris Kobach (L)
I know he’s a loser, the L is redundant.
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asmallcatDell Cameron
11/09/17 1:05pm
It’ll be deliciously ironic when this leads to more actual voter fraud.
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  NobodyIsHappyasmallcat
  11/09/17 2:18pm
  The only thing this will lead to is Trump and his campaign getting direct access to voter details that they can use to their advantage in 2020.
  “If the State of Arkansas hired us to deliver a penetration test, based on what we see here, we’d almost certainly be able to breach without them detecting us,”
  This is likely by design, not accident.
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llaalleellDell Cameron
11/09/17 6:35pm
A slew of people have been screaming this for months. I mean screaming this to the point of saying, have your little commission or whatever, but at least protect the data. It’s extraordinary that it hasn’t been taken seriously. But I guess that’s par for the course these days.
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randomguy109Dell Cameron
11/10/17 7:20am
It is quite simple:
Bring the data that is used for the cross reference together on a disconnected system using a physical media.
Have the desired checks/routines stored on the system.
Save results to another physical media.
Wipe system + source physical media.
Return results.
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Darmok eats Challah at 12NagraDell Cameron
11/09/17 4:30pm
The people in charge of investigating “rampant voter fraud” has MUCH less standards than a typical voting machine. Cool.
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