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First video: Arguments against electronic voting: 1) one person can change millions of votes 2) vulnerable even outside the country 3) even if you audit the so
by nostrademons 1y ago
First video:
Arguments against electronic voting: 1) one person can change millions of votes 2) vulnerable even outside the country 3) even if you audit the software, it's hard to verify that the audited software is what is actually loaded on the machines 4) even if you check hashes of the software, how do you check the software that checks the software (this is a restatement of the Ken Thompson Hack) 5) proprietary software 6) USB sticks are insecure 7) final computer tallying everything is owned and located in a single place 8) XSS attacks on e-voting pages.
Arguments for physical voting: 1) centuries old, many attacks have already been tried and failed 2) no identifying marks on ballot = no opportunity to pressure voters to change their vote 3) multiple people involved in each stage of the process
I realized after typing that out that YouTube has a "Show Transcript" function, so try that for the second video.
- ncr100 1y ago+5 internet points for extraordinary effort nostrademons. Smart and well summarized, thank you. These are fair criticisms. And I personally feel that electronic voting can be made secure and trustworthy, in the human sense of trust and the digital sense. Looking at this from a 'voting accuracy advocate' position, one could add verifiability at all stages, allowing external validation by the invested party .. the citizens could count their own votes and vet the State's tabulation.