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Yeah good point. Hashing the binary wouldn't really help because they could modify the GUI to report the wrong hash and most people who aren't computer people w
by Keverw 10y ago
Yeah good point. Hashing the binary wouldn't really help because they could modify the GUI to report the wrong hash and most people who aren't computer people wouldn't really get what it means anyways.
I been thinking a blockchain based system would be interesting, but it'd have to be really easy to use for everyone. People who have no computer or phone all the way to the computer expert.
- grzm 10y agoI think blockchain might have some application, but I'm unconvinced that computer technology alone is going to solve it. Have a look at this slide deck from Ron Rivest (of RSA fame). https://people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/pubs/Riv16x.pdf https://people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/pubs/Riv16x.pdf I think he does a pretty good job of covering the history of modern voting and how technology can be properly applied. You might find this Google Tech Talk by Ben Adida "Verifying Elections with Cryptography" interesting as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDnShu5V99s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDnShu5V99s