annuin: (Apparrliss)
Marieke ([personal profile] annuin) wrote2004-09-27 01:22 pm

Monkey Changes Election Results

And no, that's not a pun on Dubya.

Apparantly Diebold's voting machines can be hacked, by a monkey, or any other person with virtually no computer skills. Which of course makes it a lot easier for those people who do have skills to fiddle around with stuff.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,133214,00.html

[identity profile] trejkaz.livejournal.com 2004-09-27 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. I imagine that someone would spot the LiberalVotes++ in only a few minutes of quick browsing of the source code. Now, no such thing. If they start implementing the system outside of Canberra you can be sure there will be complaints...