Yeah, those were the days, back before it was possible to hack into computerized Diebold voting machines in the time it takes most of us to vote. My only hope is that hacking these things is so easy (one hacker, about 3 minutes, no password protection) that hackers will think it's beneath them and just not bother.
Diebold spokesman David Bear previously commented:
[Our critics are] throwing out a 'what if' that's premised on a basis of an evil, nefarious person breaking the law. For there to be a problem here you're basically assuming a premise where you have some evil and nefarious election officials who would sneak in and introduce a piece of software... I don't believe these evil elections people exist.
No, politicians trying to steal elections is completely unheard of. I'm sure the current administration would be horrified to think that they or anyone would want to win an election contrary to the will of the people. DON'T BE SILLY.
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Diebold also makes ATM machines, so if it is easy to hack their voting systems, what does that say about ATM's?
Surely someone has tried to hack an ATM by now. I wonder why they can make secure ATMs and not voting machines? Perhaps it's an unfortunate reflection on our priorities...
1. Your deposits are insured, so there's nothing to lose if you get hacked.
2. People also use online accounts, and get hacked all the time, sometimes hacking themselves.
3. Focusing on voter irregularities deflects attention from low turnout, poor campaigning, problems with funding, and general corruption.
4. For scale, getting out the vote would pale any vote-rigging. Dems and Repubs don't energize anyone. Most people running are career politicians.
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