The Times

How to "hack" online polls

Abstract:
Every Internet poll can be "hacked," and here is how they do it. First, download Firefox. Next, load up whichever poll that is desired to be endlessly voted on. Once someone has initially voted, they need to go to "Tools." Next, click "Clear Private Data" and make sure to have the "Cookies" box checked....

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brianna

posted 12/25/08 @ 3:06 PM CST

Question,
So this oviously works but I'm wondering.. will the site be able to tell the votes are coming from the same place??

Thank you.

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Aaron Anderson, Times Senior Editor

posted 1/06/09 @ 1:30 PM CST

Originally posted by
brianna
Question,
So this oviously works but I'm wondering.. will the site be able to tell the votes are coming from the same place??

Thank you.

It is possible for the site to see from which IP address the "vote" was sent. However, depending on the type of internet connection used, the IP address may change, making it harder to tell if the "vote" was sent from the same location.

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tenty lamourch

posted 4/11/09 @ 10:47 AM CST

This will not work on every poll
This will not on polls that is registering your IP adress

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DNA

posted 10/12/09 @ 6:55 PM CST

Originally posted by
tenty lamourch
This will not work on every poll
This will not on polls that is registering your IP adress

And that is why you use a simple bot and proxy list.

Firefox even lets you use a proxy:
Firefox > Preferences > Advanced > Network > "Configure how Firefox connects to the internet."

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hamidoukann

posted 10/17/09 @ 12:52 PM CST

If the IP-adress is registered, just restart the internet access point or router to get a new adress. An other solution is to use a proxy server like www.naviguer.ca for instance and revote.

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