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Something like this would be great for online voting. If a voter is under duress (i.e. being watched while they vote, etc), they can enter a specific ballot uni

by nunez 5y ago

Something like this would be great for online voting. If a voter is under duress (i.e. being watched while they vote, etc), they can enter a specific ballot unique to them that discards the ballot and allows them to re-vote in a safer environment.

HideousKojima 5y ago
Or just completely get rid of anything internet connected or electronic for voting and go back to pen and paper. Any claims that online voting can be secure should be kept far away an buried as though they were radioactive waste.
- teddyh 5y ago
  “Wear gloves.” — https://xkcd.com/2030/ https://xkcd.com/2030/ Longer explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3_0x6oaDmI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3_0x6oaDmI and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkH2r-sNjQs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkH2r-sNjQs
- sfifs 5y ago
  I find it hilarious that people think pen and paper voting is more secure. The introduction of electronic voting (plus security through out of state paramilitary forces) was a major factor in reducing electoral fraud in India, the world's largest democracy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booth_capturing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booth_capturing
  - f1refly 5y ago
    Your link doesn't suggest that paper voting doesn't work, it suggests that india is a corrupt nation that couldn't manage to enforce its monopoly on violence during that time. You could in principle also just beat up everyone in the vicinity of the booth, steal their digital voting access and vote for them. You can't hack a container filled with pieces of paper.
  - HideousKojima 5y ago
    Pen and paper isn't "more secure." As a voting system it's "significantly harder to commit voter fraud against at scale" and "significantly harder to commit fraud against from halfway around the world" and "significantly harder to commit fraud against without one of your conspirators ratting you out." With electronic voting, changing one vote is as easy as changing a million.

by nunez 5y ago

HideousKojima 5y ago

Or just completely get rid of anything internet connected or electronic for voting and go back to pen and paper. Any claims that online voting can be secure should be kept far away an buried as though they were radioactive waste.

teddyh 5y ago
“Wear gloves.” — https://xkcd.com/2030/ https://xkcd.com/2030/ Longer explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3_0x6oaDmI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3_0x6oaDmI and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkH2r-sNjQs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkH2r-sNjQs
sfifs 5y ago
I find it hilarious that people think pen and paper voting is more secure. The introduction of electronic voting (plus security through out of state paramilitary forces) was a major factor in reducing electoral fraud in India, the world's largest democracy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booth_capturing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booth_capturing
- f1refly 5y ago
  Your link doesn't suggest that paper voting doesn't work, it suggests that india is a corrupt nation that couldn't manage to enforce its monopoly on violence during that time. You could in principle also just beat up everyone in the vicinity of the booth, steal their digital voting access and vote for them. You can't hack a container filled with pieces of paper.
- HideousKojima 5y ago
  Pen and paper isn't "more secure." As a voting system it's "significantly harder to commit voter fraud against at scale" and "significantly harder to commit fraud against from halfway around the world" and "significantly harder to commit fraud against without one of your conspirators ratting you out." With electronic voting, changing one vote is as easy as changing a million.