Links for 2004-11-11

Evidence Mounts That The Vote May Have Been Hacked
“While the heavily scrutinized touch-screen voting machines seemed to produce results in which the registered Democrat/Republican ratios largely matched the Kerry/Bush vote, in Florida’s counties using results from optically scanned paper ballots – fed into a central tabulator PC and thus vulnerable to hacking – the results seem to contain substantial anomalies.”

Touchscreen voting troubles reported
“Voters nationwide reported some 1,100 problems with electronic voting machines on Tuesday, including trouble choosing their intended candidates.”

U.S. Inspires World With Attempt At Democratic Election
I don’t normally read The Onion, but this is priceless.

Autoweek: Under the Hood with Big Brother
I’m a sucker for techno paranoia, and this article about vehicle tracking systems is a good introduction for those unfamiliar with the level of vehicular data tracking being sought after by governments, insurance companies, and manufacturers — all in an effort to avoid litigation.

11. November 2004 by erik
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