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This is pretty scary. The potential for abuse and fraud in a computerized referendum like this is tremendous. Even if you trust Facebook and Twitter (which yo
by gnosis 14y ago
This is pretty scary.
The potential for abuse and fraud in a computerized referendum like this is tremendous.
Even if you trust Facebook and Twitter (which you shouldn't), they are open to being hacked and sockpuppeted.
Of course none of these risks are even mentioned in the story, as the uncritical, thoughtless media just eat it up.
- AnthonBerg 14y agoComputerized referendum? I'm not aware that it was any more computerized than anything else. Perhaps I'm not clear on what you mean. At any rate, this was a standard paper ballot deal. Edit: I am an Icelander and cast my vote in this last Saturday.
- sp332 14y agoThe referendum wasn't computerized, only the drafting and feedback process.
- gnosis 14y agoThese are just as subject to abuse.
- arnarbi 14y agoWell, it was like this: 25 people were elected to serve on a council to draft a new constitution. As a part of their process, they set up a website where people could post comments and have discussion on certain articles, or the constitution in general. There was no form of voting. Just discussion, serving as input for the deliberations of the council. It's a nation of 300k people, of which only a fraction of course involves themselves with political discourse. I don't think there was any room for gaming or abusing the system here.
- saraid216 14y agoYou should check out Estonia's system.