Heading for a crash.. - Please do volunteer : PPCRV

[v1adimir]

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an analysis taken from : BusinessWorld Online: Heading for a crash

Strategic Perspective -- René B. Azurin
Heading for a crash

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Paragraph 4..

..... "The Smartmatic proposal states that, as the ERs [Election Returns] from the PCOS [Precinct Count Optical Scanner] machines are received in the canvassing center, a report on which PCOS ERs have been received will be printed every 15 minutes... When all the PCOS ERs have been received, the COC [certificate of canvass] will be printed... [but] that contains only the total votes received by each candidate at the canvassing center. There is no breakdown by PCOS." In essence, this means that no practical way has been provided in the process for any citizens’ watchdog to verify if what was transmitted from each individual polling place is what was actually consolidated in the COC that will be used as basis for proclaiming the winners. Even with ERs from a particular precinct or polling place in their hands, poll watchers will have no way of comparing the numbers on these ERs with the numbers tallied by the Smartmatic system.

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Wow.. puwede ra diay ni ihardcode.. at precinct level okey lang.. pagforward sa ER to higher level, dagdag bawas na dayon..

Sa mga members sa IT support/Supervisor nga gihire sa Ventureslink, "did you ask this question or you were simply told on how to operate the PCOS machine or you simply just don't care kay suweldo na ni"??

To all who will Volunteer : PLEASE KEEP/FORWARD YOUR PRINT OUT of PRECINCT LEVEL VOTING!!.. i have seen from Comelec infomercial that every party will be given a print out of the votes, including PPCRV.. problema kung naa ba gyud mu-tally sad ani to counter check kung sakto ba ang print out sa Total # of Votes nga giconsolidate at a municipal/city/district/national level..

[binarypill]

gibo is so winning this election.

if naa lang kay gamay nga knowledge about computers and information tech, makaingon jud ka nga this computerization thing is either a scam or a disaster waiting to happen.

things to note:

-gidalidali ang implementation
-the data transmission infrastructure in the philippines obviously cannot handle the requirements (security, speed, reliability, etc) of the system. (di man gani makahatag ug sakto nga LANDLINE (very old tech) connection sa mga bukid bukid, kani pa kaha.)
-gloria's camp is NOT fighting the implementation (they should be, they are TraPos. obviously, na ni plano ang mga unggoy)
-the details of how this thing will really work is unknown (details nga makapalingaw ug IT people, i mean)
-they are already acknowledging errors in the system and are making up excuses na (paanad ni, pareha anang magcge ug brownout brownout magkaduol ang eleksyon)

[adrianna]

this is scary...

[amingb]

Ayaw ingna bro ang kanang PCOS ang e transmit ana ang Summary ra sa COC's dili na apil ang transaction Detail sa mga votes ? ... unsaon mana pag reconcile ug ingon ana .... mura raman gihapon na ug manual oi ....

Kasabot raman pud ta kay for sure dili na kaya sa Connection .... risky lang kaau na kay mag hulat napod sa Print Out from the voting precinct ...

[peewee_toot]

let's pray that this coming election will be clean and peaceful...

[Taki_07]

let's pray that this coming election will be clean and peaceful...

i agree. hopefully

[hulagway]

dont understatement smartmatic security experts.they are expert.basin adto mo sa prsisohan puniton..
makahibaw lang gani ta ug computer feel pud kaayo nato capable ta mo hack,..kung kita ng hunahuna ug security sa automated election..samot nana sila nga sila man ang in-charge ana...pastilan uy..

tagaan nato ang comelec chance...dili kay cge ta ug yawyaw diri regarding sa automated poll...feel man gud nato maayo kaayo ta sa computer...sosss

[Girl4Rent]

Murag dilicado atong mga votes ani d ay!!! basin i mani ubra ra na sa mga naa a sa puder...dilikado sad inig mawad an signal ang PCOS.

[v1adimir]

dont understatement smartmatic security experts.they are expert.basin adto mo sa prsisohan puniton..
makahibaw lang gani ta ug computer feel pud kaayo nato capable ta mo hack,..kung kita ng hunahuna ug security sa automated election..samot nana sila nga sila man ang in-charge ana...pastilan uy..

tagaan nato ang comelec chance...dili kay cge ta ug yawyaw diri regarding sa automated poll...feel man gud nato maayo kaayo ta sa computer...sosss

i do not underestimate the security experts of smartmatic.. they must be among the top considering that they were able to get the project..

what most people want is transparency.. nindot baya ang project nga automation at least a day later tapos na ang utong kay gawas na ang result.. kay naa na dayon tanan.. may unta ug pareho sa accounting ni, naa view total.. naa sad view per district for national level positions, ug view per precints kung city/municipal level..

im also happy to know nga naa sad diay Public Website nga iopen.. as of now baya, maglisod na ug search sa precint using comelec nga website..


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PCOS Technical Specifications

● PCOS computers: 82,200 in all
● Operating System: uClinux 4.0.6
● PCOS installer: Cf load v1.12.1+
● PCOS application: Firmware Voting Application v1.29+
● Activation Buttons (RF keys?): 1 per PCOS
● Rechargeable Battery: 12AH
● Permanent markers: 164,400 in all (2 per PCOS)
● Gen Packet Radio Service (GPRS) modem: 48,000 in all (1 per polling center) 5-11 KB/s
● 512MB CF card: 246,600 in all (3 per PCOS)
● 2-1/4” Thermal paper 25m x 362,000 pcs

Canvassing Computers: City/Mun/Prov

● CCS Computers: 1720 units for city/mun/prov BOC
● CCS Hardware: Lenovo laptop 14.2” WXGA Core2
● CCS Operating System: Linux (SuSE?)
● CCS Application: Smartmatic REIS v2.0
● GPRS modem, wireless connection to Internet
● 12hr UPS

National BOC: COMELEC
National BOC: Congress

● HW for each one: Two IBM x3650 Servers
● OS: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server
● Three (3) Lenovo laptops
● One 20 port switch, wired to Internet
● UPS


Public Website
● For real-time publication of canvassing results
● Two (2) IBM x3550 Servers
● One 20 port switch
● UPS
● SuSE Linux Enterprise Server
● Apache Web Server

Other Servers
● Central Servers: 2 IBM x3650, 11 IBM x3550
● Backup Servers: 2 IBM x3650, 9 IBM x3550
● Servers for KBP, majority party, minority party, citizens' arm: 2 IBM x3650, 8 IBM x3550

The PCOS computer hardware and software/firmware are owned by Dominion Voting Systems of Canada. On April 4, 2009, Smartmatic licensed this technology from Dominion for a period of five years, "with the right to sublicense the right to use such software to the COMELEC", but that
"Dominion will retain sole liability to amend, change or develop all software or firmware or EMS".

Pablo Manalastas <pmanalastas@ateneo.edu>
Computer Science Faculty, Ateneo & U.P.
IT Consultant, CenPEG & U.P. College of Law
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[Man4Rental]

Bantay lang gyud ta mga bro and sis sa atong sorroundings come May 11 Elections..Andam lang jud ta mu report sa mga kasikas sa atong respective voting precinct.

Naa ra jud ni comotion labi na hot spot inyo areas