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Toomas Hendrick Ilves, the current Estonian President, represents a cybersecurity expert. Things like that can mean a big deal, with respect to policy. I lived
by iokevins 11y ago
Toomas Hendrick Ilves, the current Estonian President, represents a cybersecurity expert. Things like that can mean a big deal, with respect to policy.
I lived next door, in Riga, Latvia, for several months, in late 1997; during that time, we visited the beautiful city of Tallinn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallinn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallinn . Definitely worth the trip.
- bolchevich 11y agoHis government and many of its representatives, when shown by independent researchers various concerns they had found with their e-voting system[1] were dismissed as having a political agenda for the opposition (who have dismissed online voting). Estonia's CERT also went onto write an article entitled "E-voting is (too) secure"[2]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY_pHvhE4os https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY_pHvhE4os https://www.ria.ee/e-voting-is-too-secure/ https://www.ria.ee/e-voting-is-too-secure/
- paulsutter 11y agoTalinn is a beautiful city. It feels a bit Scandinavian, but newer, smaller, friendlier, more optimistic, less rich but faster growing.
- etiene 11y agoI went to Tallinn recently! Beautiful city with a wonderful medieval old town neighbourhood. I second that it is worth the trip, plus you can take a boat to Finland and visit Helsinki :)