5 Aug
Our pal Fake Steve revealed - Daniel Lyons of Forbes
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Archives for the day Sunday, August 5th, 2007
5 Aug
Tesla announces its first dealership; no, you still can’t have one.
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We knew Tesla had plans to open up dealerships in some of the, how should we say, more affluent markets in the US, and according to the company its first dealership and service center will be opened in one of the richest neighborhoods in the States, Menlo Park (just an electric hop, skip, and jump away from its San Carlos-based HQ).
5 Aug
California official gives ok to voting systems that failed security audit
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Yeah, remember those white hats that took out three separate systems with ease in a California e-voting system security audit? Well what do you know, the eminently wise and honorable California Secretary of State Debra Bowen up and decided Friday that those severely vulnerable Diebold, Hart, and Sequoia voting terminals would still be cleared for takeoff, provided the companies in question supply their machines with updated firmware, disabled access to unused ports, kill the wireless connections, and so on. So basically, the companies that deny up and down their voting systems are even vulnerable are now directly responsible for making them less vulnerable per seemingly vague security-hardening guidelines. As usual, we suggest preempt these fools’ garbage tech entirely and go low-fi on it: if you suspect your district is or will be using e-voting machines, send your votes by mail.