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Ugly Social Engineering
Dec 26th, 2007 by Gregory Miller
Voting Fraud. An ugly phrase, and in this case, and uglier reality.
"Ghost Voting" they call it. But whatever it is, reforming HOW America votes (on anything) starts with principles. And no amount of tinkering with technology can fix social engineering problems.
Have a look at this investigative news report from Texas, and tell me if you’re not as frustrated as I about the thorniest problem of all in striving to build integrity and trustworthiness into voting systems: the principles of the participants…
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