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Why are you ok with literally none of that for things that handle credit reports, bank/investment accounts, 401ks? Where does this antiquated mindset of "omg,
by MuffinFlavored 6y ago
Why are you ok with literally none of that for things that handle credit reports, bank/investment accounts, 401ks?
Where does this antiquated mindset of "omg, I need my votes counted by hand!" but "please transfer $1,000,000 using as many electronics as possible"
I trust SSL more than I trust human counting?...
- simplify 6y agoNone of those things have the requirement of anonymity. You can verify those numbers at any time, unlike a vote.
- ls612 6y agoThe crucial difference is that with the banking system you only really need people to trust that their accounts are correctly tabulated. For voting you need people to trust that everyone’s votes are tabulated correctly. It’s an entirely different problem
- madeofpalk 6y agoThe difference is that its much easier to resolve banking errors than... "election errors"
- dividuum 6y ago> Where does this antiquated mindset of "omg, I need my votes counted by hand!" Because that's a feature. You want something that's simple to understand and cannot be easily tampered with at a larger scale.