4 chapters across the catalog
A discussion regarding the marketing history of Subaru vehicles transitions into personal anecdotes about Volvo ownership. One speaker recounts a factory tour in Sweden and racing diesel cars on a track. A specific story details the Volvo 480 ES, which allegedly featured a steering wheel treated with a plastic that caused acidic burns to the mouths of smokers.
Pennsylvania Voting Glitches, Flipped Votes and Human Error
Reports of voting machine malfunctions in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, where "yes" and "no" votes were flipped on retention judges. Election officials and ES&S representatives attributed the issue to a clerical coding error on the printed summary cards.
Voting Machines Online, Georgia Software Updates
Despite claims that voting machines are never connected to the internet, a report shows that thousands of ES&S machines use modems to transmit "unofficial" results. In Georgia, software researcher Hari Hursti observed "sloppy" security during a last-minute software update in Fulton County, comparing the risks of uncertified election software to the Boeing 737 Max technical failures.
Voting Machine Vulnerabilities, DEF CON Hacking
An NBC report details how hackers at the DEF CON conference were able to easily penetrate voting machines purchased from eBay. Manufacturers like ES&S and Dominion have reportedly been hostile toward independent security testing. The report highlights that even without prior practice, hackers could access the internal hardware of these machines within minutes.
