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It's an almost philosophical argument, but it's a great point. As soon as a computer does anything that you can't physically, actually see, there's no way to pr
by halestock 11y ago
It's an almost philosophical argument, but it's a great point. As soon as a computer does anything that you can't physically, actually see, there's no way to prove that it went the way you thought it did.
This is why I think we can never have absolutely secure computerized voting. No matter how much security you think you have in the form of code audits, paper trails, open source code, at some you're going to have to push a button and trust that the electrical signals inside that magic box of a computer are working the way you think they are.
- strange_quark 11y agoBut the same can be said for regular old voting. As soon as you drop your ballot in the ballot box, you give up all control over your ballot. Whoever ends up counting, moving, or recounting your ballot could change your vote, throw out your ballot, or any number of other things.
- Steko 11y agoThe ballot can be public with the voter's identity encrypted so he/she can verify/change/contest it (perhaps not from their home computer but you put a kiosk in post office or something).