PAC-MAN on a voting machine

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

Run time: 00:58 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpMDCArdzwA   Posted on YouTube: August 18, 2010 By YouTube Member: jhalderm Views on YouTube: 9870   Posted on DU: August 21, 2010 By DU Member: WillYourVoteBCounted Views on DU: 678

 
Computer scientists bought and hacked machines like used in Buncombe Cnty NC. and other places. PacMan, like the Sequoia DRE, eats votes!

This is the Sequoia AVC Edge touch-screen DRE voting machine. In 2008, it was used in jurisdictions with almost 9 million voters. Alex Halderman and Ari Feldman replaced the voting software with Pac-Man. They did this in three afternoons, without breaking any tamper-evident seals. It would be easy to modify the software to steal votes, but that's been done before, and Pac-Man is more fun.

Learn more: http://jhalderm.com/pacman

[tomm2thumbs]

1. from the link - disturbingly obvious...

'We received the machine with the original tamper-evident seals intact. The software can be replaced without breaking any of these seals, simply by removing screws and opening the case.'

duh!

[TheEuclideanOne]

4. Their security system is like a safe with a lock onthe front and screws on the back.

Don't want to leave any fingerprints on the safe? Can't figure out the combination? No problem, the back just unscrews.

:rofl:

[AmBlue]

2. Sickening...

Florida has extended the law to 2016 that forces its voters who are blind (or otherwise unable to fill in the bubbles on a paper ballot) to continue to vote on these POS machines. Talk about being made to ride in the back of the bus...

SHAMEFUL.

[TheEuclideanOne]

3. Love it! Let's go with this new method, but I would recommend space invaders myself

Okay, maybe I am dating myself as an old school gamer, but Space Invaders was an old fav of mine. So, since we obviously didn't fix the situation, let's go take advantage of the failure that is currently in place. We can replace the aliens with faces of the politicians and you just simply shoot down the ones that you don't want in office. It would be 100 times more fun than the current system of clicking on their names, IMHO. Republicans will be on board instantly as soon as they hear of the idea of shooting things. The best part is that the end result will be the same since the votes and winners will be selected ahead of time, so why not have some fun in the process. :rofl:

[Capitalocracy]

5. ALL YOUR VOTES ARE BELONG TO US.

:freak: