Diebold to Pay $2.6M Due to Insecure Voting Machines

sunilk writes "In a short period, Diebold has been at the center of several problems. Now it seeks to settle the lawsuit filed against it by the State of California by paying $2.6 million. Settlement comes because of flaws in the Diebold systems that could compromise election results."

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IMPORTANT: Firefox

[Anonymous Coward]

Hahaha, isn't it HILARIOUS how Microsoft patched Internet Explorer against the latest browser exploit before a similar patch was released for Firefox?

And isn't it hilarious that, even though so many open source advocates on Slashdot declared their interest as to "who would release the patch first", this wasn't covered in any follow-up articles, or mentioned in any way?

I laugh at you all, Linux pussyboys. Firefox got beaten by the "oh so bad" Micro$oft (lolol $ instead of S gettit??????//). I guess this means that Firefox (and the entire open source community) really does suck more cock than I previously thought.

Re:IMPORTANT: Firefox

[koreaman]

Get it through your head, the FLOSS (Free Libre Open Source Software) movement is not about better software. Most of us (if not all) are not attracted to FLOSS because of better software (though it does provide that,) rather we are attracted to FLOSS because it is free, we can look at the source code, and it's just morally wrong to support Microsoft.

But even so, FLOSS is better. Wow, there was one problem in IE that also affected Firefox. That doesn't mean that Microsoft "beat" Firefox. Winning the (minor) battle does not mean you won the war. If you want, I could post a list of all the reasons Firefox is better than Internet Explorer, but I'm sure you are a big boy, and you are smart enough to use Google to find this out for yourself.

By the way, there still is a security vulnerability MS hasn't patched. It's called "ActiveX." And also, what does not patching a security vulnerability quickly enough have to do with sucking cock?

Re:IMPORTANT: Firefox

[ArchAngel21x]

Open source != free. It just means you provide the source code when you sell/give away your software, and you don't have a cow if the end user modifies the code. That's why we say free as in free speech not free beer.

For those of you who don't code, != is C code for does not equate to.

Congrats on successful widening the page. n/m

[Anonymous Coward]

No Message.

the truth

[Anonymous Coward]

Kaspersky are fucking liars

Re:I hope they don't just settle...

[TykeClone]

Microsoft - It's good to be the king!

Re:2.6 million?

[fermion]

It is called treason, and while the US government aggressively pursues certain classes and colors of people, it tends to turn a blind eye to the corporate and white elite. For instance, we have seen yet another case a Guatonoma in which the government spent untold sums of money pursuing Muslim persons and evidence that turned out to nearly nonexistent. All this while unpatriotic corporations and individuals refuse to pay the taxes needed to support our children risking their lives in foreign lands.

It really is ridiculous. For instance, Ames was suspected or treason twenty years ago, and it took 10 years to prove it. In the end, this man who compromised our country to an unknown degree, and contributed to the death of several Americans, got life in prison. In a country where our president would kill a man if he accidently shot a clerk during a robbery. And we never heard of Ames being harassed or fired.

Compare this to some of the non-white workers in the US. There was recently a story about a couple who was fired from their non-classified government research job, for no apparent reason. Oh, they may have once attended a legal but questionable party hosted by a questionable organization. And the case of the researcher who was fired and jailed on evidence that later proved nonexistent. His life destroyed by bigoted investigators, of the same organization that allowed Ames to kill 10 patriotic agents. Madness.