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Diebold Accidentally Leaks 2008 Election Results Early


Diebold, the company run by unscrupulous Republicans that manufactures crappy, easily-hacked voting machines, has done a bang-up job of pretty much destroying many people's confidence in the legitimacy of the democratic process. No one is better at calling out such depressing aspects of our country with biting humor like The Onion, who here tell us about how all the fun of the election this year was ruined because Diebold accidentally leaked the results ahead of time. It's funny because it could be true! Ha… ha? [The Onion]

1:05 PM on Thu Feb 28 2008
By Adam Frucci
11,697 views, 63 comments

Latest by davideckels: [Journal entry for 2008-02-28] Stuck toe in comment waters. Still tremendously political for a gadget blog. Will continue to fail to support advertisers, and check back later. more »

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Diebold Pulls a Reverse Cingular, Rebrands Voting Machine Division

Diebold takes such pride in the secure craftsmanship of its voting machines that it's changing the name of that division to Premier Election Solutions Inc., and even giving it its own board of directors. This is after no one stepped up to take the division off of Diebold's hands, probably because they'd feel guilty for relieving it of such a stellar asset. Wonder why they wouldn't want their ATMs and safes associated with their voting machines? [Threat Level, Image via Flickr]

12:11 AM on Fri Aug 17 2007
By Matt Buchanan
1,446 views, 4 comments

Latest by BigDanInTX: Altering Wikipedia entries, shoving a bad product into a new name. Sounds like a great marketing ploy to me! How do I purchase these WONDERFUL products?? (*Prays everyone notes the sarcasm here*) more »

gadgets

Diebold Sues Massachusetts Because the State Doesn't Like Them

Diebold, everyone's favorite manufacturer of easily hacked voting machines, wasn't happy when the Commonwealth of Massachusetts decided to go with one of their competitors when purchasing voting machines for the disabled. In fact, their feelings were so badly hurt by the snub that they've decided to sue the state. More »

6:10 PM on Mon Mar 26 2007
By Adam Frucci
3,164 views, 23 comments

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Diebold Voting Machines: Secure as Never


Proving they're getting on that whole (in)security thing, Diebold put a picture of the key that opens their voting machines online. Yes, the key—one key opens all of their machines. Result? Someone was able to copy it using the photo on the website. Makes you relish the days of hanging chads, doesn't it? – Matt Buchanan More »

10:55 PM on Wed Jan 24 2007
By Matt Buchanan
1,653 views, 18 comments

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Electronic Voting Machines Vulnerable To Foreign Influence?

Could it be that those evil Venezuelans are trying to screw with our electronic voting machines, the same machines that we use to elect our fine leaders? That's what U.S. federal investigators are trying to determine after learning that company that makes the software running the electronic voting machines are from Venezuela. No conclusions yet, but it's pretty responsible to assume the worst in situations like this. Naturally, that means there's evil afoot. More »

3:49 PM on Mon Oct 30 2006
By Gizloco
176 views, 13 comments

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How To Steal an Election With a Diebold Machine

Some Princeton researchers made a demonstration video of how it's possible to steal an election with a Diebold voting machine in under a minute. Anyone with physical access to the machine can put in malicious software to steal votes—such as election workers who have unsupervised access to the machines before elections. All they have to do is open up the machine with a key (or pick the lock), remove the old memory card, stick in your own memory card, boot the machine, and it automatically installs any software that was on the memory card. More »

4:50 PM on Thu Sep 14 2006
By Jason Chen
1,961 views, 38 comments

Latest by bobby55: People from Princeton are stupid morons. You can't hack these things. Go ahead and try, and when you get caught call your parents for bail money so you can go back home and live in their basement. more »