http://importance.corante.com/ en-us ernest.miller@aya.yale.edu 2005-05-31T05:30:00-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/05/31/report_diebold_optiscan_voting_machines_easily_hackable.php Missed this last week, but Black Box Voting reports that the Diebold version 1.94 opti-scan voting system is easily hackable (Optical Scan System Hacked (3 Ways)).Integer overflow checks do not seem to exist in this system, making it possible to... 5853@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-05-31T05:30:00-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2004/04/23/a_new_pentagon_papers_case_newspapers_blogs_and_the_dieboldjones_day_memos.php On April 20th, the Oakland Tribune published a story regarding Diebold's alleged use of uncertified voting software in violation of California state law (Diebold knew of legal risks). The article cited and focused on internal legal memos from the Jones... 5099@http://importance.corante.com/ E-Voting 2004-04-23T20:27:27-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2004/03/03/avi_rubins_day_as_an_election_judge.php Johns Hopkins University Computer Science Professor Avi Rubin is a bete noir of the e-voting industry, having been one of the authors of a famous dissection of the security flaws of one e-voting vendor's machines (Analysis of an Electronic Voting... 5014@http://importance.corante.com/ E-Voting 2004-03-03T16:46:20-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2003/11/20/slater_wins_one_harvard.php Derek Slater fights the good fight and wins a round (Update: Diebold, Harvard, and Me). Slater was one of the citizens engaged in e-civil disobedience against e-voting machine manufacturer Diebold's mendacity. He posted a mirror of the infamous Diebold memos,... 4932@http://importance.corante.com/ Civil Liberties 2003-11-20T17:27:38-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2003/11/19/kucinich_posts_diebolds_evoting_memos.php Donna Wentworth points out (Kucinich Posts Excerpts from Diebold Memos) that Representative (and Presidential Candidate) Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) has now posted excerpts of the infamous Diebold memos on his website on a page devoted to voting rights (Voting Rights). It... 4922@http://importance.corante.com/ Civil Liberties 2003-11-19T16:13:28-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2003/11/10/slaters_civil_disobedience_in_the_harvard_crimson.php The Harvard Crimson does a pretty good write up on Derek Slater's recent notice-and-takedown message from Diebold for posting the e-voting memos (Student Accused of Violating Copyrights). Here's hoping that Harvard removes the accusation from Derek's permanent record. Seriously, Harvard... 4892@http://importance.corante.com/ Civil Liberties 2003-11-10T08:41:08-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2003/11/09/ny_times_looks_at_diebold.php The New York Times (reg. req.) has a decent summary of the many issues, controversies and scandals regarding Diebold's e-voting machines (Machine Politics in the Digital Age).... 4889@http://importance.corante.com/ E-Voting 2003-11-09T00:47:32-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2003/11/07/who_is_john_simpson_journalism_lawyers_and_blogging.php There has been an interesting discussion on the bIPlog regarding Mary Hodder's posting of news regarding the status of the Online Policy Group v. Diebold, Inc. case. The original post is here: Diebold Case Gets Accelerated by Judge. The comments... 4876@http://importance.corante.com/ Blogging and Journalism 2003-11-07T00:40:32-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2003/11/04/siva_tracking_latest_evote_news.php Siva Vaidhyanathan has been blogging up a storm on the latest news on e-voting and the Diebold scandal (California panel delays certifying electronic voting equipment) (Breaking News: Electronic Voting Problems in Houston) (WNYC Covers Electronic Voting ... Badly).... 4860@http://importance.corante.com/ E-Voting 2003-11-04T11:29:27-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2003/11/04/harvards_unjust_application_of_the_dmca.php Derek Slater hosted one of the mirrors of the Diebold memos on a Harvard server (Diebold, Harvard, and Me). Soon thereafter, Harvard received a notice-and-takedown from Diebold targeting Slater's mirror. Derek has taken the mirror down, and will not be... 4859@http://importance.corante.com/ Civil Liberties 2003-11-04T09:40:07-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2003/11/04/eff_stanford_support_diebold_countersuit.php Copyfight had the first news and a collection of interesting links for EFF's and Stanford's Cyberlaw Clinic's support for a lawsuit against Diebold (EFF, CIS Seek Court Order Against Diebold). The documents filed in the case can be found here... 4858@http://importance.corante.com/ Civil Liberties 2003-11-04T09:25:40-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2003/10/31/an_evoting_machine_goes_boo.php What is more frightening on Halloween than an attack on the reliability of our voting system? This is the question cartoonist Tom Tomorrow asks in an episode from his comic strip This Modern World (This Modern World: Something Truly Terrifying).... 4855@http://importance.corante.com/ Civil Liberties 2003-10-31T11:09:10-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2003/10/29/civil_disobedience_to_diebold_moves_onto_p2p_networks.php bIPlog which had a great set of links on the Diebold/Swarthmore scandal yesterday (Cease and Desist Me, Babe) and was Slashdotted this morning (Diebold Chases Links To Leaked Memos), points to an interesting /. comment (/. Comments): Yea, that's right,... 4847@http://importance.corante.com/ Civil Liberties 2003-10-29T10:03:52-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2003/10/29/diebold_protest_growing.php WIRED is continuing coverage of the Swarthmore/Diebold scandal and gets some quotes from Swarthmore's Dean Gross (E-Vote Protest Gains Momentum). However, the issue of taking down links to sites that link to the memos is not directly addressed: However, Gross... 4843@http://importance.corante.com/ Civil Liberties 2003-10-29T02:07:52-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2003/10/28/diebold_countering_civil_disobedience_with_more_noticeandtakedown_letters.php Why War? reports that two of the universities (Amherst and MIT) which have students engaging in electronic civil disobedience by hosting the infamous Diebold memos have received notice-and-takedown letters from Diebold. On the other hand, students at three more universities... 4841@http://importance.corante.com/ Civil Liberties 2003-10-28T19:21:31-08:00