E-voting in Israel: Does anyone know about this?

Omer Zak <w1-W6cp89mEpD1mR6Xm/[email protected]> Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:25:30 +0300
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The important point in the following is that it seems that our
government is introducing E-voting into Israel and I saw no public
debate about the subject.
In the last municipal elections, a trial was made - and its results
haven't been made public as far as I know.

===>
Snippets from the following issue:
RISKS-LIST: Risks-Forum Digest  Sunday 18 April 2010  Volume 26 : Issue
02
[... snipped ...]
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:04:21 PDT
From: "Peter G. Neumann" <[email protected]>
Subject: RFID zapper made from a disposable camera! (Eurekalert)

  [Thanks to Ken Nitz.  PGN]

  Safer swiping while voting and globetrotting: Tel Aviv University
security
  expert finds security holes in America's passports and 'smart cards'
http://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/21697.php?from=158414
[... snipped ...]
Prof. Wool's most recent research centers on the new "e-voting"
technology
being implemented in Israel. "We show how the Israeli government's new
system based on the RFID chip is a very risky approach for security
reasons.
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      <p>The important point in the following is that it seems that our<br>
government is introducing E-voting into Israel and I saw no public<br>
debate about the subject.<br>
In the last municipal elections, a trial was made - and its results<br>
haven't been made public as far as I know.<br>
<br>
===&gt;<br>
Snippets from the following issue:<br>
RISKS-LIST: Risks-Forum Digest  Sunday 18 April 2010  Volume 26 : Issue<br>
02<br>
[... snipped ...]<br>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:04:21 PDT<br>
From: &quot;Peter G. Neumann&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:neumann%40csl.sri.com">neumann@csl.<wbr>sri.com</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: RFID zapper made from a disposable camera! (Eurekalert)<br>
<br>
[Thanks to Ken Nitz.  PGN]<br>
<br>
Safer swiping while voting and globetrotting: Tel Aviv University<br>
security<br>
  expert finds security holes in America's passports and 'smart cards'<br>
<a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/21697.php?from=158414">http://www.eurekale<wbr>rt.org/multimedi<wbr>a/pub/21697.<wbr>php?from=<wbr>158414</a><br>
[... snipped ...]<br>
Prof. Wool's most recent research centers on the new &quot;e-voting&quot;<br>
technology<br>
being implemented in Israel. &quot;We show how the Israeli government's new<br>
system based on the RFID chip is a very risky approach for security<br>
reasons.<br>
===&gt;<br>
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