Editing Van Eck phreaking (section)

== Potential risks ==

Van Eck phreaking might be used to compromise the secrecy of the votes in an election using [[electronic voting]]. This caused the Dutch government to ban the use of NewVote [[computer]] [[voting machine]]s manufactured by SDU in the [[Dutch general election, 2006|2006 national elections]], under the belief that ballot information might not be kept secret.<ref name="Herald tribune" /><ref name="heise" /> In a 2009 test of electronic voting systems in Brazil, Van Eck phreaking was used to successfully compromise ballot secrecy as a proof of concept.<ref name="slashdot" />