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Estonia has been using electronic voting since the early 2000s, not without concerning security analysis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT0e9yTD2M8 https://ww
by qntmfred 6y ago
Estonia has been using electronic voting since the early 2000s, not without concerning security analysis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT0e9yTD2M8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT0e9yTD2M8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iit5WdLYwns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iit5WdLYwns
As mentioned in the arstechnica articles, attempts have been made in the US as well. Voatz and OmniBallot in particular.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FHHXJ1AVm4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FHHXJ1AVm4
Maybe someday we can have safe, reliable and transparent elections using smartphones and whatnot, but the attempts to computerize our elections over the the last 2 decades have imo been more problematic than beneficial.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PvXRwXyNEs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PvXRwXyNEs
Sometimes paper is the right technology for the job. Hand-marked paper ballots and post-election risk limiting audits is the best option we have at the moment.
- m-p-3 6y agoI believe that Estonia also have a good electronic ID system (using a PKI infrastructure IIRC), which probably helps with the overall implementation.
- sam_lowry_ 6y agoWhich had its failures, e.g. Estonia had to reissue 750,000 IDs due to manufacturer's fault.