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Their past tactic used to be to arrest researchers who pointed out flaws in the machines. I'm not sure anything much has changed.

• ajeet_dhaliwal 10y ago
  Any source/links?
• baali 10y ago
  Reference of this: http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/researcher-arrested-cant-name-official-who-gave-him-evm-police/663654/0 http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/researcher-arrested-ca... and https://www.wired.com/2010/08/researcher-arrested-in-india/ https://www.wired.com/2010/08/researcher-arrested-in-india/
  • prasadjoglekar 10y ago
    Both articles state that the researchers were arrested for stealing (or taking possession of) a voting machine. Quote from the Wired article: "Halderman says the researchers believe the person who gave them the voting machine had legal access to it and provided it in the interest of transparency and scientific study." That's a little different than being arrested for finding bugs in the software or hardware. Prima-facie, it does seem like stealing government property without proper written authorization. Arrest still seems excessive, but the circumstances seem to be a bit more nuanced.
  • pavanky 10y ago
    The guy who got arrested and I are second cousins. He is not a researcher, he is a businessman. He also has close ties with one of the regional political parties in India.