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Feds to Open BlackBoxVoting User Logs?

Posted by simoniker on from the fed-fud dept.

Doc Ruby writes "Investigating a crack of eVoting company VoteHere, the FBI is said to be issuing a subpoena for the traffic logs of journalist Beverly Harris' BlackBoxVoting website. The FBI is pursuing Harris on the theory that her site is the connection between incriminating memos leaked from (VoteHere competitor) Diebold and the intrusion into VoteHere's servers. Are you on the list?"

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  1. I am now. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thanks for the link, you dirty rotten #%@&@$#!!

  2. Lent by teasea · · Score: 4, Funny

    Glad I gave up cracking for Lent. I wouldn't want THE MAN to rain on my parade.

  3. Heh... by Cyno01 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nice way to give the feds a bit more work, slashdot the site, fill up the logs pretty good...

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    1. Re:Heh... by agentZ · · Score: 5, Funny

      "We have to Slashdot the site in order to save it."

  4. It's not a warrant, it's a subpoena. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    There is a difference you know. With a warrant, jack boot thugs kick in your door and take what they want. With a subpoena, they simply hold a gun to your head and ask nicely ;-)

  5. Ka-ching! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Congratulations!

    You just made the list!

  6. Are you on the list? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now you are; shouldn't have clicked that link.

  7. Re:Shameful... by Jaysyn · · Score: 2, Funny

    They might, just might, be looking for evidence against Diebold while they are investigating the "break-in".

    Jaysyn

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  8. Quote from VoteHere by malowman · · Score: 5, Funny

    From the VoteHere site (http://votehere.com/vhti.html):

    "VHTi proves that electronic voting machines worked correctly and did not cheat in every election. "

    So . . . only in a few elections?

  9. Re:Gotta trust the system... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    The founding fathers just broke mach-1

    How do you go mach -1? Backwards?

  10. Re:Nit by raygundan · · Score: 3, Funny

    I was about to correct you, but it seems both I and the last poster were taught wrong. I checked your link, and verified by digging up several others. You do indeed add 's to non-plural possesive nouns like James's.

    Nothing makes me madder than discovering that along the way, one of my teachers drilled the wrong thing into me. We all depend on what we were taught in things like grammar. Unlike math, there's no "going back to first principles" or "proving it for yourself." If we were taught wrong, we end up making fools of ourselves later,. Of course, it might help if we paid teachers more than a pittance, or if more than a tiny fraction of students cared, but that's another gripe for another time.

    And then, of course, there's the possibility that all three sites I checked on the 'net are wrong-- lord knows the internet isn't exactly edited for accuracy. For now, I'll just have to take your word for it.

  11. IP address !== fingerprint by tsm_sf · · Score: 4, Funny

    My name is 63.161.169.137, and I approve this message.

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  12. Re:Gotta trust the system... by SEWilco · · Score: 2, Funny
    The founding fathers just broke mach-1

    How do you go mach -1? Backwards?

    You have to use something that sucks faster than the speed of sound.

  13. Are you on the list? by t_allardyce · · Score: 2, Funny

    I am now.

    Lets see how the feds handle a slashdotting log ;)

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