Author Archives: Orion

Security Review: Helios Online Voting

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Orion

The Technology The technology being evaluated is the Helios Online Voting Booth, usable at http://www.heliosvoting.org and outlined in the 2008 Usenix Secuirty paper available at the same site. The election system does not create novel cryptographic tools or algorithms, rather … Continue reading →

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Cryptography towards a new kind of election?

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Orion

Computer scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences recently deployed the first “practical, Web-based, secure, verifiable voting system.” After testing through 2008 and early 2009, the system, dubbed “Helios,” was used for the university presidential elections at … Continue reading →

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Current Event: California IDs to have biometrics? The DMV hopes so!

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Orion

It seems that in addition to the recently released biometric IDs in the UK, the California Department of Motor Vehicles seems to have recently tried to set up biometric IDs as well. In an otherwise innocuous vendor contract, the DMV … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Implantable Drug Delivery Device

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Orion

Companies such as the Massachusetts-based biotech company, MicroCHIPS, are developing what they call “intelligent implanted devices” for long-term internal patient monitoring and treatment. Patients which would normally require frequent blood tests, monitoring, or drug injections can instead implant a device … Continue reading →

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