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A computer security team sponsored by the California secretary of state finds three widely used electronic voting systems unsafe.
  • "We tested your cabin roof. It wasn't watertight,"

    says Matthew Bishop in effect.

    "Voting industry reps criticized the attacks as not having been realistic; they say that no machine has yet been hacked during an election."

    Or, in other words, there's no problem because it hasn't rained yet, and the cabin never leaks when it doesn't rain.