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Electronic voting is a bad idea. Almost no upside, but lot of downside. Nobody can proof that the system works, nobody can keep it secure (noone cares about est
by asldjajlfkj 4y ago
Electronic voting is a bad idea. Almost no upside, but lot of downside.
Nobody can proof that the system works, nobody can keep it secure (noone cares about estionian elections, imagine the US...), nobody can proof authenticity in retrospect.
And of course, they can’t really be anonymous.
And for what? So that somebody that is too lazy or too disengaged to fill out a paper form or spend 10 minutes at a voting both can have a say in the countries direction?
- alberth 4y ago> Nobody can proof that the system works, nobody can keep it secure (noone cares about estionian elections, imagine the US...), nobody can proof authenticity in retrospect. And of course, they can’t really be anonymous. Why do you believe none of this can be proofed or kept secure?
- amanaplanacanal 4y agoI'm guessing they are talking about electronic voting in general, and not the specific system Estonia uses.
- TulliusCicero 4y agoAnd yet it works fine in Estonia. Not everywhere has to be technologically backwards.