It seems Diebold voting machines just can’t get away from all the security hoopla. A recent blogger found that they could open the side doors protecting the memory and connections to the machine with a common key from a hotel mini-bar. It just so happens that the key in question is used on Office Furniture, Computer locks, etc and can be bought online, in bulk for cheap.
Not only can the machines be infected with viruses and infect other machines, they be configured to steal votes. Now, with this key issue, it makes it all the more susceptible to attack. How can a company, who knows that their software and hardware has to be absolutely right on, make all these mistakes? This really makes me wonder how secure other Diebold products are? ATM Hacking anyone?
I recently had to move and while moving, somehow, my XP Home certificate (aka: Product ID) went missing. Needless to say, when reinstalling XP for my gaming system, I ran into an issue.
I searched high, low, sideways and longways. I finally came to the conclusion that one of my dogs ate the license or the movers stole it. Seeing as how I have the OEM packaging with all the neat little codes on it, I figured I’d give Microsoft Support a try.
I called their 800 number and was surprised by how fast a real rep picked up, then I was astonished at how Microsoft trains their outsourced reps. Continue reading…
I finally have a reason to build my carputer. I’ve held off for awhile now because I’ve seen too many complaints about the failure rate of hard drives in carputers. On top of that, I didn’t think my car could handle too much of a hard drive being on all the time - ie: I don’t want to shut off my carputer, at all. Continue reading…
