Rather, he was just a loudmouth asshole CEO who supported the (up to that point) worst president in American history, and who also made garbage products that were not fit for purpose.
In the decades since, voting machines have been the subject of lots of scrutiny by the information security community, because *they suck*. Time after time, the most sphincter-puckering defects in widely used machines have come to light:
https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2006/05/11/report-claims-very-serious-diebold-voting-machine-flaws/
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Cory Doctorow
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