<![CDATA[Consumerist: Diebold]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/consumerist.com.png <![CDATA[Consumerist: Diebold]]> http://consumerist.com/tag/diebold http://consumerist.com/tag/diebold <![CDATA[ Worst Company In America: "Final Four" Comcast VS Diebold ]]> Here's your first "Final Four" matchup: #1 Comcast VS #12 Diebold.

Time to get serious, folks. In this round we'll take a look at the 5 most popular Consumerist stories for each company*:

Comcast:
Powerpoint By Pissed Comcast Employee Reveals They Know Exactly How Much They Suck 140,412 views
Sick Of Waiting For An Install, 75-Year-Old Woman Smashes Up Comcast Office With Hammer 89,231 views
Comcast's "We Don't Throttle BitTorrent" Internal Talking Points Memo88,870 views
5 Confessions Of A Comcast Customer Service Rep 78,876 views
Comcast Installs Cable With Extreme Incompetence 67,249 views

Diebold:
Clips: How To Hack A Diebold Machine 772 views
Diebold Voting Machines, Hotel Minibars Equally Secure 81 views

*We've only written about Diebold twice.
This is a post in our Worst Company In America 2008 series. The companies nominated for this honor were chosen by you, the readers. Keep track of all the goings on at consumerist.com/tag/worst-company-in-america.

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Consumerist-5020887 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:04:12 EDT Meg Marco http://consumerist.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5020887&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Worst Company In America "Final Four" Bracket! ]]> It's down to the final four worst companies in America, folks. The bracket has been updated and the next round will begin on Monday. Congratulations to the four companies that made it this far. You've really achieved something! Who do you think will win it all?

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Consumerist-5020228 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:16:23 EDT Meg Marco http://consumerist.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5020228&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Worst Company In America "Elite 8": Capital One Vs Diebold ]]> Here's your second "Elite 8" match-up: #12 Diebold VS #36 Capital One

Here's what some of you had to say about these two companies:

Capital One:
"Cap one is the most evil of all these companies!!Down with cap one!!"

"I'm tired of them wanting to know what's in my wallet."

"About six months ago, C1 gave me an unsolicited increase in my credit limit by $1k. Last month, mid-month and without warning reduced my credit limit by $500. I noticed this when I checked my account online and called them. Someone speaking broken English explained that C1 had "noticed I wasn't using the last $500 of the credit limit they had given me"

"Capital One won't close your account when you ask. I sent certified mail to Capital One, and my credit report shows that it was closed 2 MONTHS AFTER they received my certified letter."

"They nickel-and-dime their account holders with fees and charges, then ruin their credit ratings with their predatory, fraudulent practices."

"I've had CapitalOne for going on 10 years and never had an issue with them. They've always handled all my requests quickly and without an issue."

Diebold:
"Diebold, because they still haven't fixed their voting software, and they hate the idea of paper trails on voting machines. "

"Diebold = threat to the processes of freedom and democracy"

"I voted for Diebold, but it registered my vote for Pat Buchanan."

"...why is Diebold even on this list. I don't know about you, but I haven't bought, had contact with, or used anything Diebold... Ever."

This is a post in our Worst Company In America 2008 series. The companies nominated for this honor were chosen by you, the readers. Keep track of all the goings on at consumerist.com/tag/worst-company-in-america.

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Consumerist-5018510 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:31:45 EDT Meg Marco http://consumerist.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5018510&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Worst Company In America 2008 "Elite 8" Bracket! ]]> The bracket has been updated as we prepare for Round 4 of our Worst Company In America contest. See the full-sized graphic, suitable for framing or forming the basis of informal office betting pools, inside...

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Consumerist-5017999 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:13:45 EDT Meg Marco http://consumerist.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5017999&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Worst Company In America "Sweet 16": Best Buy VS Diebold ]]>

Here's your third "Sweet 16" match-up: #5 Best Buy VS #12 Diebold.

Here's what some of you had to say about these two companies:

Best Buy:
"I haven't shopped at a Best Buy since 2002, and I won't ever shop at a Best Buy again. Period."

"Haven't been to a Best Buy since they sold me a defective LG cell phone that had been recalled prior to my purchase, then wouldn't refund my money because I tried to return it beyond the 14 day window and I hadn't purchased the protection plan.

Me: "Why did you sell me a phone that was recalled? Aren't you supposed to take them off the shelves when you get a recall notice?"

Manager: "That's why we offer everyone the protection plan."

Me: "???"

"If Best Buy doesn't win it all, the system needs to be reviewed."

"The only reason Best Buy is still in business is that people are born faster than the company can create disgruntled ex-customers."

Diebold:
"When the CEO says he is, "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year" during the 2004 election and the senior executives Diebold were active fundraisers for Bush, that's a bad sign. I understand the executives as a person v. as representative of a company distinction. But at a certain point, it raises questions related to impartiality."

This is a post in our Worst Company In America 2008 series. The companies nominated for this honor were chosen by you, the readers. Keep track of all the goings on at consumerist.com/tag/worst-company-in-america.

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Consumerist-5015134 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:43:44 EDT Meg Marco http://consumerist.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5015134&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Round 38: TransUnion vs Diebold ]]> This is Round 38 in our Worst Company in America contest, TransUnion vs Diebold!Here's what readers said in previous rounds about why they hate these two companies...

TransUnion:

"TransUnion still has me living in Maryland. It's only been 8 years since I've done so. Nevermind the mortgage for a home in Arizona or anything contextual that'd lead them to believe their data is wrong. Ironically, they informed me that I indeed still resided in Maryland — even after I told them I didn't. Wonderful conversation that was, lots of "um, I think I know where I live", countered with "you'd be surprised!""

"For the past three years I've been unable to get my free credit report online from them because they keep thinking I have an account with them, and the "forgot my password" page tells me it will not send a password because I've had too many login attempts in the past. Assholes. It's not ID theft here, it's just a really awful website that won't let me have what I am legally entitled to."

"TransUnion mixed up my credit report with my dad's because we have the same name. Some of my loans and lines of credit are on his credit report and vice versa."

"TransUnion makes it nearly impossible to purchase ONE single credit report. They tell you left right and center how to purchase the $45 dollar trilogy or the expensive monitoring service or any of their other products. But go try to order one credit report. Its not intuitive at all."

Diebold:

"Diebold steals our votes & therefore our country. Diebold is the worst!"

"Hmm... I'm going with the company that hires executives convicted of federal crimes of fraud, insider trading, etc. and makes machines that determine the future of our county yet have virtually no security."

"When the CEO says he is, "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year" during the 2004 election and the senior executives Diebold were active fundraisers for Bush, that's a bad sign. I understand the executives as a person v. as representative of a company distinction. But at a certain point, it raises questions related to impartiality."

"Diebold has been very closed towards any 3rd party review of their voting software. Just this alone makes the company dangerous as sin."

"The issue isn't crackpot theories since those always exist. The real problem is not if something happend, but how ridiculously easy it could happen. Not to mention their going after professors researching the voting machines for the public good."

"Voting machines made by a biased company. Talk about a bad idea."

This is a post in our Worst Company In America 2008 series. The companies nominated for this honor were chosen by you, the readers. Keep track of all the goings on at consumerist.com/tag/worst-company-in-america

STILL OPEN FOR VOTING: Best Buy vs CompUSA, DeBeers vs Verizon, Exxon vs United Airlines, Sony vs Ticketmaster, Comcast vs The American Arbitration Association

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Consumerist-5008193 Wed, 14 May 2008 11:21:15 EDT Ben Popken http://consumerist.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5008193&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Round 12: Diebold Vs Pfizer ]]> Pfizer hires stunt doubles to row for their not-a-physician (former) pitchman Dr. Robert Jarvik and this severely upsets Congress. They also don't want you to use cheaper generics. And produce potentially misleading and sketchy commercials about Celebrex. And they also make car sick medicine for dogs.

Diebold makes crappy voting machines that your grandmother could tamper with.

This is a post in our Worst Company In America 2008 series. The companies nominated for this honor were chosen by you, the readers. Keep track of all the goings on at consumerist.com/tag/worst-company-in-america/

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Consumerist-372889 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:19:51 EDT Meg Marco http://consumerist.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=372889&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Clips: How To Hack A Diebold Machine ]]>

Ed Felton of Princeton University goes on Fox and shows just how easy it is to hack those Diebold Voting Machines with a virus and a hotel mini bar key, reversing history to guarantee Benedict Arnold the coveted 1789 election.

My favorite party is when the camera flashes to the two grinning nerds who actually figured it all out, awkwardly sitting by the sidelines. Thanks for saving democracy, you dorks.

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Consumerist-201676 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:18:37 EDT consumerist.com http://consumerist.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=201676&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Diebold Voting Machines, Hotel Minibars Equally Secure ]]> voting_machine.jpgPolitics are not really in our purview, but when your tax money goes to buying expensive machines that just don't work... oh, and happen to determine the future of the entire country... we've just got to step up.

Everyone at this point has heard that Diebold's Voting Machines are completely insecure. Unfortunately, the reason they are insecure has to do with somewhat complicated encryption theory, which most of us must take an expert's word on.

But here's something that anyone can understand: Diebold Voting Machines can be opened using a simple mini bar turnkey. Simply buy a turnkey over the Internet and with a smidgen of technical know-how you're well on your way to rigging your next election.

"Hotel Minibar" Keys Open Diebold Voting Machines [Freedom To Tinker]

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