Electronic-voting machine manufacturer Diebold sends cease-and-desist letters to persons linking to or mirroring copies of leaked internal memos regarding Diebold’s electronic voting security and certification.
Slashdot is making this out to be conspiracy over the right to vote, but I don’t see that particular sinister angle — the line in question appears to be a quote in a .sig file and not a statement from anyone representing the company. Nevertheless, Diebold is attempting to use the threat of a suit under the DMCA to stifle serious and legitimate questions about its product at a time when it is actively courting election commissions to endorse and adopt the same for their electoral process. This is obviously a problem, both in terms of the validity and security of electronic voting provided by a company with pretty well-defined political leanings and in terms of the misapplication of an ill-advised piece of federal legislation.
Found on Joe Szilagyi’s Worst Weblog Ever — thanks, Joe.
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