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...
Oh man tell me they didn't remove Events! This is the main reason I brought over about 100+ people to G+.
ReplyDeleteRob Masters and Jose Navarro be sure to send feedback to Google+ from the new Google+ web interface! It's still being developed, so it's important you let Google+ know that Events are an important feature for you.
ReplyDeleteSouthern Riverina Vehicle & Machinery Club essentially use G+ for their events calendar too!
ReplyDeleteOMG...I'm at my final straw... Thanks Google+
ReplyDeleteJose Navarro remember this is still pre-rollout - tell them!
ReplyDeletePeggy K done!
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