Hacking the Presidential Election

An anonymous reader writes "Security researchers at a recent summit predicted US voters will be targeted by web-based dirty tricks campaigns as the 2008 election gets nearer. Spam, botnets and phishing all provide good opportunities to mislead voters and attack rivals with little risk of being caught, they say."

Comments

Re:Elections

[apparently]

about as sure as I am that you read the fucking summary, let alone the fucking article.

Re:Catch and Release

[Xonstantine]

Of course these politicians will do anything for power. But when they're caught, what's our excuse for ignoring their criminal careers when we vote for them? You mean like Ted Kennedy? Time and time again, it's been proven when people talk about cutting pork, removing corrupt Congressmen and Senators, they mean cutting YOUR district's pork and YOUR corrupt Congressman and Senator, not their own.

Re:That's conservatives for ya

[mr_mischief]

Yeah, like getting thousands of dead people to the polls in Chicago on a regular basis. Oh, wait, that's the Democrats.

Let's see, I'll try again. Like sending Federal agents in to blast loud heavy metal at a compound in Texas full of civilian American women and children, then burn it to the ground with the people inside? Oh, wait, Democrats again.

Hmmm... What about bombing a Chinese embassy because they couldn't be bothered to put people on the ground long enough to confirm a target? Wait, wait, that was a Democrat, too.

Damn, I'm not doing so hot at proving all bone-headed criminal stuff is done by the party you despise, am I?

Re:Say your piece well--and get slammed for it

[R2.0]

"In some ways Florida in 2000 is a serious contender for the biggest election crime ever."

Absolutely. Thank God the Supreme Court stopped the Democrats from getting away with it.