Wired: Diebold Patched Voting Program in GA without Permission

[BurtWorm]

Did E-Vote Firm Patch Election? By Kim Zetter
Story location: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,60563,00.html

02:00 AM Oct. 13, 2003 PT

Diebold Election Systems has had a tumultuous year, and it doesn't look like it's getting any better.

Last January the electronic voting machine maker faced public embarrassment when voting activists revealed the company's insecure FTP server was making its software source code available for everyone to see.

Then researchers and auditors who examined code for the company's touch-screen voting system released two separate reports stating that the software was full of serious security flaws.

Now a former worker in Diebold's Georgia warehouse says the company installed patches on its machines before the state's 2002 gubernatorial election that were never certified by independent testing authorities or cleared with Georgia election officials.

If the charges are true, Diebold could be in violation of federal and state election-certification rules. The charges also raise questions about the integrity of the Georgia election results and any other election that uses patched Diebold systems that have not been re-certified.

[demnan]

1. Great!

more kudos to Bev Harris and company for the increasing exposure.

[Trajan]

2. CMON baby ! .....

STICK ! .....

These fuckers have gotten away with their crimes SCOT FREE ! ....

When will the mainstream media AWAKE to this travesty of democracy ???? .....

Bev ? .... We love you .....

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. "Voting activist"?

I've never liked the word "activist" to identify what is really a responsible citizen action.

[Spazito]

6. The word activist vs advocate is very interesting.

The media tends to use activist when they wish to marginalize the activity and the word advocate when they are supportive of the action. Words are everything to the print media. They do not use them carelessly.

[foo_bar]

8. they aren't synonymous

A "voting advocate" would presumably advocate voting itself (as in "get out the vote"), as opposed to a "watchdog" perhaps.

[BurtWorm]

4. What's Wonk's URL for the Media Blaster?

[BurtWorm]

5. What's Wonk's URL for the Media Blaster?

I repeat: What's Wonk's URL for the Media Blaster?

;)

[nostamj]

7. this is ALL about the famous "rob from georgia"

He was in charge of assembling about 20,000 machines for the election, testing them and shipping them to 159 counties. But, he said, the work was complicated by misbehaving machines that presented few clues to their problems.

"It's hard to track down a problem when you go out to your car and the first time it starts, the next time the headlights don't work, the next time you start it the brakes are out, and the next time you start it the door falls off," Behler said. "That's really the way they were."

[ParanoidPat]

9. Here's a few links from the archives.....

.....Enjoy! :evilgrin:

LIES TRUTH ABOUT ROB-GEORGIA

Black Box Voting: Second Volley - Truth About Rob-Georgia

Black Box Voting:Second Volley /Truth About Rob-Georgia/Thread 2