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title: "The $20 Exploit: How an AI Agent Broke Georgia’s Ballot Privacy — and Forced Emergency Rulemaking"
date: 2026-10-05
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description: "In August 2026, Max Springer, a postdoctoral research fellow at Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy, demonstrated that a commercially available AI coding agent—costing just $20—could ..."
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# The $20 Exploit: How an AI Agent Broke Georgia’s Ballot Privacy — and Forced Emergency Rulemaking

In August 2026, Max Springer, a postdoctoral research fellow at Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy, demonstrated that a commercially available AI coding agent—costing just $20—could ...

*Published: 2026-10-05*