“A well-informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.” - Thomas Jefferson
October 2018 letter from about 30 election-security groups and experts expressing “grave concern” re: the use of cellular modems in precinct scanners. Due to the modems, both the scanners & the county tabulators connect to the internet. #RemoveTheModems https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-Fd8a8T_se0ZksU9jcwlH1Jnv4z3tgn9/view?usp=drivesdk
PublicTelecom-WirelessLetterFINAL.pdf

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-Fd8a8T_se0ZksU9jcwlH1Jnv4z3tgn9/view?usp=drivesdk
ES&S misled its customers by telling them that scanners with wireless modems are federally certified; they aren’t. A recent story by Kim Zetter: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/13/election-voting-machine-misleading-claims-394891
Election commission orders top voting machine vendor to correct misleading claims

This isn’t the first time Election Systems & Software has faced accusations of making fabricated or misleading assertions about its voting machines.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/13/election-voting-machine-misleading-claims-394891
Another Kim Zetter story re: the dangers of these wireless modems. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3kxzk9/exclusive-critical-us-election-systems-have-been-left-exposed-online-despite-official-denials
Exclusive: Critical U.S. Election Systems Have Been Left Exposed Online Despite Official Denials

The top voting machine company in the country insists that its election systems are never connected to the internet. But researchers found 35 of the systems have been connected to the internet for...

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3kxzk9/exclusive-critical-us-election-systems-have-been-left-exposed-online-despite-official-denials
. @whowhatwhy appears to have been the first to break the story about wireless modems in ES&S precinct ballot scanners & how they connect to the internet. https://whowhatwhy.org/2016/12/14/voting-machines-may-hackable/
Some Voting Machines May Be Hackable After All - WhoWhatWhy

Early fears that voting machines had been hacked were initially assuaged by assurances that the machines were not connected to the outside world. Now we learn otherwise.

https://whowhatwhy.org/2016/12/14/voting-machines-may-hackable/
And another Kim Zetter story, this one explaining how the county central tabulators on the receiving end of these modem transmissions were in some cases then left online and exposed to the internet for months or years after! https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3kxzk9/exclusive-critical-us-election-systems-have-been-left-exposed-online-despite-official-denials
Exclusive: Critical U.S. Election Systems Have Been Left Exposed Online Despite Official Denials

The top voting machine company in the country insists that its election systems are never connected to the internet. But researchers found 35 of the systems have been connected to the internet for...

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3kxzk9/exclusive-critical-us-election-systems-have-been-left-exposed-online-despite-official-denials
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