[ale] OT: electronic voting info

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On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 01:46:51PM -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
> Ooh, I like that last line, "backdoor via an Access MDB with no password"

> "Salon has an interesting article/interview with the author of a 
> forthcoming book, Black Box Voting, by Bev Harris, that looks at 
> electronic voting machines, especially Diebold touchscreens. The story 
> includes incriminating internal memos, cease and desist orders from 
> Diebold, transcripts of an industry teleconference where Harris Miller 
> of the ITAA brags of his lobbying experience, and documentation of a 
> backdoor via an Access MDB with no password. This is for software 
> currently being used in 37 states. "
Good.  I'm surprised that the ACLU, EFF, and others aren't suing over
this.  The Libertarian Party has a project to stop this.

> http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/09/23/1235245.shtml?tid=103&tid=99
> -- 
> Until later, Geoffrey	esoteric at 3times25.net

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