As a long time reader of comp.risks, and having a professional interest in security (as a sysadmin), I'll take this opportunity to say that anyone who is promoting online voting as a replacement for paper ballots is (in my opinion) one or more of a)Hopelessly naive, b)Frighteningly optimistic, c)Woefully ignorant of the problems of authentication combined with anonymity, d)Ignoring the problems of coercion, or (worst of all) e) Willing to accept vote tampering. I do not seriously think that the Electoral Commissioner would be willing to accept vote tampering, but every electronic or online system has been demonstrated to be vulnerable to it. Worse, such attacks can occur at any point, be it in corrupt coding, interference with the ballots, or by injecting forged ballots. All of these have be proven to be possible in every practical and theoretical system proposed to date. This is ignoring the problem of d) - if the voting is not occurring in a public place, how do you prove that t...
Yep i can hear it from here!!quite a joyful noise unto the heavens!!
ReplyDeleteThat would have been my reaction if my jaw hadn't been so bloody sore (had a dentist appointment earlier in the day), so I settled for looking fiercely gleeful instead XD
ReplyDeleteWe need a celebration of solidarity with the wind turbine at Rob's birthday!
ReplyDeleteI believe this can be arranged :)
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