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Computers make it very easy to centrally modify/control information. Sometimes that's a good thing, sometimes it's a terrible thing.
by brundolf 6y ago
Computers make it very easy to centrally modify/control information. Sometimes that's a good thing, sometimes it's a terrible thing.
- MaxBarraclough 6y agoIt's also unique in its specifics. Voting is an unusual data-management challenge as we want a paper-trail (we want to be able to verify the correctness of the count), and voter anonymity (it must be impossible to prove that a specific person voted a specific way). We can do this robustly and easily with paper-based voting. Electronic systems are often deeply flawed. Bruce Schneier's article on this: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2018/04/securing_electi_1.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2018/04/securing_elec...