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Cognitive Dissonance? Not in Connecticut when it comes to the Internet

By Luther Weeks on October 7, 2013

In psychology, cognitive dissonance is the discomfort experienced when simultaneously holding two or more conflicting cognitions: ideas, beliefs, values or emotional reactions. In a state of dissonance, people may sometimes feel “disequilibrium”: frustration, hunger, dread, guilt, anger, embarrassment, anxiety, etc – Wikipedia

The state fails at protecting data, legislators to get lesson in Internet security, N.I.S.T experts say unsafe the Internet is not safe for voting, the N.S.A. and others can look at practically anything, yet local registrars, the Secretary of the State, and the State Military Department can protect Internet voting by Legislative decree.

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Secret Vote? Not on “our” Internet — just the insiders and bad guys know how you intended to vote

By Luther Weeks on September 17, 2013

There is perhaps something even worse than the risks of the secret vote or the risks of the public vote. Voting via Internet in a way that has many of the risks of public voting, without the benefits, along with the risks of secret voting and lack of confidence in the system.

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Encryption, exposed as almost useless except to spys

By Luther Weeks on September 7, 2013

Several weeks ago, Glen Greenwald said there was much more to come based on the information obtained by Edward Snowdon. For several of those weeks we have had disturbing, yet relatively minor disclosures. Yet once again, Snowdon has providing something huge. We need, once again to become a nation of laws.

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An instructive story – Suppression, Conspiracy, Intrigue, Incredible, unfortunately True

By Luther Weeks on August 18, 2013

This is a tale of three individuals focusing on the less known of the three, and her struggles with a country bent on suppressing information required of its citizens to participate in, direct, and obtain democracy. It would be quite a movie trailer or book sample text, yet perhaps too unbelievable.

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GMO Danger: CALEA II (Government Modified Operating system)

By Luther Weeks on May 19, 2013

Last week a group of computer security experts issued a warning about a proposed expansion of government spying know as CALEA II (Communications Assistance For Law Enforcement Assistance) being considered for “wire” tap expansion.

The report if anything understates the risks. Further, if you believe that, in general, government can be incompetent, that makes this plan even less effective and more risky.

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Testimony against six bills and for one

By Luther Weeks on March 12, 2013

All of these bills are well intended. In fact, I would support most of the concepts, yet in only a single case could I support one of these bills , based on huge gaps between the good intent and the actual details present and missing in those bills.

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What We Worry? What Could Go Wrong On Election Day?

By Luther Weeks on November 3, 2012

America’s elections are run entirely on the honor system. What could possibly go wrong?

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Caltech/MIT: What has changed, what hasn’t, & what needs improvement

By Luther Weeks on October 25, 2012

The Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project has released a thorough, comprehensive, and insightful new report timed to the 2012 election. We find little to quibble with in the report. We agree with all of its recommendations.Several items with which we fully endorse were covered in this report which sometimes are missing from the discussion or often underemphasised.

The report itself is 52 pages, followed by 32 pages of opinions of others, including election officials, advocates, and vendors, some of whom disagree with some aspects of the report. Every page is worth reading. The report is not technical. It covers a wide range of issues, background, and recommendations.

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CTVotersCount flip flops from “Trust but Verify” to “Verify to Trust”

By Luther Weeks on October 20, 2012

There is absolutely no need to “trust” anyone if there is sufficient verification. There is also little evidence to trust our democracy to anyone. As they say power corrupts.

Now we learn that many of our votes are being counted by machines under the influence of one of the candidates and his family.

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Big Bird and Charlie Rose know what the CT Legislature does not!

By Luther Weeks on October 6, 2012

See Charlie Rose interview Dr. Barbara Simons, co-auther of Broken Ballots. <view>

Big Bird and Charlie Rose now know that Internet voting, email voting, Virgina elections, and inadequately audited elections – do not merit our trust.

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