Benlog

I’ve been so buried in thesis writing and editing work that I have not written about the war in the Middle East. I have strong opinions about it, which I will write about later, when my mind is not so full of crypto proofs. But there is one thing I need to say right now, [...]

MIT Technology Review just published a description of Scratch & Vote, the simple paper-based cryptographic voting scheme that Ron Rivest and I devised. It’s great to see growing interest in cryptographic voting from the scientific press, especially since the debate has focused far too much on “paper or no paper,” when the real question should [...]

Since the launch of the Apple Music Store, I have used filesharing software maybe twice. I simply haven’t found the need, and when I want a song, I’m happy to pay $1 for it. I was never super happy about the DRM, but Apple’s DRM didn’t ever prevent me from going about my usual dealings. [...]