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OK, fair. I meant it in the sense of the younger generation has more exposure to concepts like encrypted communication and peer to peer communication and encry

OK, fair. I meant it in the sense of the younger generation has more exposure to concepts like encrypted communication and peer to peer communication and encrypted ledgers, etc. They might not know how exactly they work, but they know they exist and have an inkling of their attributes as they pertain to data secrecy, auditability, etc...

throwaway48476 2y ago
I'm far more familiar with cryptography concepts than the average person but I wouldn't trust myself to audit a crypto system or implementation.
- dmurray 2y ago
  You might trust yourself to read a bunch of blog posts on technical deep dives into the system and make up your mind based on that, though. (Whether that's a good thing or not I don't know - perhaps you'd end up agreeing with whichever side has the most believable technological shibboleths, which isn't that much different from the current best practice of listening to the side with the better attack ads).
  - throwaway48476 2y ago
    No, I'm aware of my limitations. Reading about how the system 'should' work does nothing to instill confidence that the implementation is correct or that there are no design flaws.
- mariusor 2y ago
  Do you feel the need to audit the ballot process when casting a vote? Do you wait until the station is closed and watch the people count the votes? Do you know what to look for in regards to ballot tampering? Do you know who is allowed to count the votes? I think that the details of the vote will indeed be opaque to most voters, but I think that's the case right now for most of us. As a voter you must have some trust in the process and in the fact that the correct auditors have vetted it. Hopefully it's going to get there for electronic voting some day.
  - throwaway48476 2y ago
    Not really. I know the voting process is 'fortified'

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OK, fair. I meant it in the sense of the younger generation has more exposure to concepts like encrypted communication and peer to peer communication and encry

by mariusor 2y ago

throwaway48476 2y ago
I'm far more familiar with cryptography concepts than the average person but I wouldn't trust myself to audit a crypto system or implementation.
- dmurray 2y ago
  You might trust yourself to read a bunch of blog posts on technical deep dives into the system and make up your mind based on that, though. (Whether that's a good thing or not I don't know - perhaps you'd end up agreeing with whichever side has the most believable technological shibboleths, which isn't that much different from the current best practice of listening to the side with the better attack ads).
  - throwaway48476 2y ago
    No, I'm aware of my limitations. Reading about how the system 'should' work does nothing to instill confidence that the implementation is correct or that there are no design flaws.
- mariusor 2y ago
  Do you feel the need to audit the ballot process when casting a vote? Do you wait until the station is closed and watch the people count the votes? Do you know what to look for in regards to ballot tampering? Do you know who is allowed to count the votes? I think that the details of the vote will indeed be opaque to most voters, but I think that's the case right now for most of us. As a voter you must have some trust in the process and in the fact that the correct auditors have vetted it. Hopefully it's going to get there for electronic voting some day.
  - throwaway48476 2y ago
    Not really. I know the voting process is 'fortified'