Would cheating be that easy in the recent election?

[fourtheboys96]

"Koala bear's" accusations made it sound easy.

For those who have technical knowledge and background, how easy would it be? How how difficult?

[shadow]

show proof, that simple! pinapalabas niya sobrang galing siya IT expert and all, pero wala man pang siyang nagamit na technology to record yun ginawa nila...pwede cellphone, video cam etc.

[fourtheboys96]

show proof, that simple! pinapalabas niya sobrang galing siya IT expert and all, pero wala man pang siyang nagamit na technology to record yun ginawa nila...pwede cellphone, video cam etc.

that is what i've been saying in the other thread in relation to Locsin's invectives against Smartmatic.

This thread is about the technical aspect of the automated election.

[shadow]

it's very easy to put on a mask and say that you did this and that, but showing proof is another thing.

[fourtheboys96]

it's very easy to put on a mask and say that you did this and that, but showing proof is another thing.

"that is what i've been saying in the other thread in relation to Locsin's invectives against Smartmatic.

This thread is about the technical aspect of the automated election.
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I am not saying Koala's statements are true. I am neither saying it is a lie. His accusations are just a backgrounder here.

What I would like to know is if what he is saying is possible, plausible or impossible from an IT person point of view. If possible, will it be easy or difficult or somewhat in between.

[lazyfoot]

He needs to show solid proof first. Cheating or hacking the PCOS machine is very very difficult. even if you try to decompile the code (128 bit encryption is way too dificult to crack already) there are hundreds and thousands of codes and you need to still figure out how they work in order to edit them for cheating. very unlikely. For a code that complex 300 bugs (in beta phase) is quite normal or even low (i.e resetting of dates in the return) as long as it is not critical and it does not affect the final count.
I don't think anybody in the Philippines have the capability do decompile, edit, recompile the flash cards enough to affect the results of the national elections.