Several days ago I got up early and went to the US embassy to get a new passport. It has 3 years until it expires, but I wanted to get mine replaced before they start manufacturing RFID-enabled ones. This would give me 10 years of RFID-free travelling, which would hopefully be enough time for the […] Read More…
Tag Archives: Politics
Passports (and e-Voting Update) 4 Dec, 2006
Elections 20 Nov, 2006
Elections in Peru were held yesterday, and just like in Ecuador they were preceded by weeks of parades in the streets and cars driving around blaring music at incomprehensibly distorted levels out of megaphones. I can’t say I’m sorry the noisy shows are over.I read a little about the results of the US elections, but […] Read More…
Stealing an Election 27 Oct, 2006
Sometimes the almost always high quality tech news coverage at ArsTechnica crosses over into more general interest subjects. They’re currently running a feature article about how to hack an election. The entire article might not hold your interest, but the first page is worth reading.Excerpt:What if I told you that it would take only one […] Read More…