Hacking Democracy (2006)
- Directed by
- Simon Ardizzone
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Rating
- 7.6 of 10 from 24 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary follows American citizens as they investigate problems with electronic voting machines used in the 2000 and 2004 U.S. elections. The film reveals security flaws and hidden software backdoors in the Diebold voting system, culminating in a live demonstration of hacking such a machine still in service.
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What happens
Hacking Democracy is a 2006 Emmy nominated documentary film broadcast on HBO and created by producer Robert Carrillo Cohen with producer / directors Russell Michaels and Simon Ardizzone, and executive producers Sarah Teale, Sian Edwards & Earl Katz. Filmed over three years it documents American citizens investigating anomalies and irregularities with electronic voting systems that occurred during the 2000 and 2004 elections in the United States, especially in Volusia County, Florida. The film investigates the flawed integrity of electronic voting machines, particularly those made by Diebold Election Systems, exposing previously unknown backdoors in the Diebold trade secret computer software. The film culminates dramatically in the on-camera hacking of the in-use / working Diebold election system in Leon County, Florida - the same computer voting system which has been used in actual American elections across thirty-three states, and which still counts tens of millions of America's votes today. In 2007 Hacking Democracy was nominated for an Emmy award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism – Long Form. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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