How many times do we do this before election officials get the message?

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Thursday, September 14. 2006
How many times do we do this before election officials get the message?

Princeton prof hacks e-vote machine Associated Press

Princeton University computer science professor added new fuel Wednesday to claims that electronic voting machines used across much of the country are vulnerable to hacking that could alter vote totals or disable machines.

In a paper posted on the university's Web site, Edward Felten and two graduate students described how they had tested a Diebold AccuVote-TS machine they obtained, found ways to quickly upload malicious programs and even developed a computer virus able to spread such programs between machines.

The marketing director for the machine's maker — Diebold Inc.'s Diebold Election Systems of Allen, Texas — blasted the report, saying Felten ignored newer software and security measures that prevent such hacking.

Oh, PLEASE. Diebold is always "blasting" reports it doesn't like.
Folks, there have been a dozen such reports and Diebold has blown each one off claiming either that it has fixed the problems cited (they hadn't), or claiming the expert didn't know what he/she was doing. When challenged to provide equipment so the same tests can be applied to the equipment Diebold claims is secure, they always refuse.

Radke also question why Felten hadn't submitted his paper for peer review, as is commonly done before publishing scientific research.
This from a company that REFUSES to allow its equipment to be examined openly...

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1. Until all the detention camps are finished. n/t