Eric Geller

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Eric Geller @ericgeller

We've known for decades that the telecom networks powering these modems are insecure, and cyber experts listed multiple reasons not to trust the reassurances from election officials who say their modems have adequate safeguards. https://t.co/6s4ExEQsI8 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 14, 2022

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Eric Geller @ericgeller

@noah_praetz, who loved using modems when he oversaw elections in Cook County, IL, said "the risk calculation has changed" — modems expand the "threat surface" beyond what can be justified by convenience. "If past is prologue, actors will try to exploit those vulnerabilities." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 14, 2022

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The Senate Intelligence Committee took note of modem risks in its 2019 report on Russian interference in the 2016 election, recommending that officials remove or disable wireless or other networking capabilities in voting machines. Several states have banned modems. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 14, 2022