Let's vote...! by Ana Maria Ciobanu

It was about time someone casted doubt on the legitimacy of the electoral process, don't you think? Sure voices everywhere have stated opinions in this directions but some researchers from the University of California finally did something. They managed to hack their way into almost every California certified voting machine. Will you be amazed if I tell you they managed to bypass security in every machine they tested? I reckon not. The researchers were able to access the internal components of the machines by unscrewing some screws. They also were able to load a malicious firmware which they could have used to manipulate election results or to have access to the election management systems The last two presidential elections were dominated by many vote-counting failures. California developed these machines to "help" the voting system for the upcoming presidential primaries. As you can see the voting machines will be very helpful...the problem is for whom. It's so strange how the country which invented public relations and developed it to an actual art, the country which has the largest number of studies about communication and image and country branding doesn't worry about the fact that the world thinks the American people are stupid, based on the last two election results when in fact the USA has a problem with the voting system and not the voters...

by Ana Maria Ciobanu for SigEx Telecom (http://sigex.com)

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