EVM tampering row: Plain noise with zero substance

You don't hack a dummy device to prove the vulnerability of EVMs, which are, in fact, very robust

The Election Commission of India’s open challenge to try and hack the tamper-proof Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) has generated considerable interest about the security and credibility of these machines. After a deluge of accusations made by some opposition parties, the ECI’s ‘Hackathon’ meeting ended on Friday with a detailed presentation on the security of EVMs by the Commission's top brass. ECI had invited parties to try and hack these machines for a period of two days. While the ECI did what it could to establish the robustness of these devices, doubts still linger about whether or not EVMs are completely