Evm: Dangers Of Trusting Them Too Much

[Husky]

http://seekingalpha.com/instablog/407380-j...-dominance-dead
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>more on EVM fraud</b>
jul 4th, 2009

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From: Suresh



EVM's are subject to manipulation ...
There is evidence all around the world that EVM's are not a secure way to check popular mandate
The current results - both Tamil Nadu & at the centre - fly on the face of what was expected

Therefore ... http://news.rediff.com/report/2009/jul/04/...2009-rigged.htm

I believe that they were ... specifically the point that it can be rigged to ensure every 4th / 5th vote goes to a particular button on the box OR to allow programming such that any one button (say the one assigned to the italian party) - always gets the vote irrespective of what button is pressed.

All in all ... EVM's are a bad idea given the "security question marks".

For those of you who may nwant to dig deeper & get to the facts ... here is another article

http://atula.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/18...a-security-risk
(See previous post by AryaK for contents)

<b>And with Navin Chawla at the helm (notice how insistent the congis were to get him to the top job despite some clearly articulated objections to his "ummm-partiality" ...</b>

Best Regards

Suresh

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