An interesting article appeared Monday in the TechDirt community, keyed by Timothy Lee, discussing a point I’ve tried to make before and undoubtedly will try to make in the future. This point, nicely discussed by Tim, is about the distinction between e-voting and e-commerce.

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Nearly unbelievable, but perhaps predictable. The Brad Blog reports on a warning letter that Dr. Ed Felten, Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University has received from Sequoia Voting Systems, should he and a colleague (Andrew Appel) proceed to analyze the Company’s AVC Advantage product.

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Confusion. Why does it seem to always cloud polling places? Kenneth Hoffman, an educated, informed Florida businessman and registered voter relays a story to me through an e-Mail list he and I participate on, that I want to pass along here with his unbridled permission.

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While we’re
trained on how to secure the vote, its worth remembering that security of all
aspects of a digital democracy is imperative.
Here is a briefing from eWeek (a
popular corporate IT trade pub) on the likely top security threats for 2008.

Quoting
their lead-in:

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