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Hey all, coauthor here. Interesting to see it on Hacker News. I'm a professor in Georgia Tech's CS dept that works on problems related to security, privacy, an
by mspecter 8mo ago
Hey all, coauthor here. Interesting to see it on Hacker News.
I'm a professor in Georgia Tech's CS dept that works on problems related to security, privacy, and public policy. (CV: https://mikespecter.com/ https://mikespecter.com/)
Happy to answer any questions you all have.
- stoneforger 8mo agoVoting needs to be auditable and verifiable by the lowest common denominator, to the last voter. As such anything that involves anything more complicated than counting by hand is out.
- kuerbel 8mo agoHave you had a look at the Swiss post e-voting system and how it deals with verification?
- mspecter 8mo agoI have not personally, but there's some fantastic work on the subject: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9152765?signout=success https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9152765?signou... They find a few really bad issues. IIRC, the Swiss Post is looking into improving it, with the consultation of real cryptographers, so we'll see how that goes!